Table 1.

Effect of hibernation on the relative area of stratum lucidum occupied by MFT and the relative area of MFT occupied by giant spine and mitochondrial profiles

Morphological parameter	Active	Hibernating	Awake
% area MFT/SL	15.28 ± 1.29	16.51 ± 1.01	15.23 ± 0.57
% area spines/MFT	19.52 ± 1.82	11.08 ± 0.71*	17.52 ± 1.13
% area mit/MFT	3.75 ± 0.35	5.02 ± 0.22**	5.17 ± 0.34**

SL, stratum lucidum; mit, mitochondrial. *, P < 0.001 compared with hibernating and awake groups. **, P < 0.05, compared with active group, one-way ANOVA, Tukey post hoc test. Values are mean ± SEM.