Table 2.
The number of fos-immunoreactive nuclei in the spinal cord after pelvic nerve stimulation.
| REGION | L5-S1 | L3-L4 | T13-L2 | T11-T12 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | Stimulated | Control | Stimulated | Control | Stimulated | Control | Stimulated | ||
| DORSAL HORN | I | 5.5 ± 0.7 | 26.8 ± 8.0* | 4.2 ± 1.5 | 5.3 ± 1.9 | 22.3 ± 2.4 | 26.0 ± 1.9 | 16.9 ± 3.4 | 16.9 ± 2.5 |
| C | 1.7 ± 0.3 | 4.3 ± 1.2 | 1.0 ± 0.3 | 1.5 ± 0.5 | 5.0 ± 0.6 | 5.1 ± 0.6 | 3.6 ± 0.4 | 3.4 ± 0.4 | |
| LATERAL | I | 0.4 ± 0.2 | 9.9 ± 2.4* | 0.1 ± 0.1 | 0.4 ± 0.2 | 1.2 ± 0.2 | 1.9 ± 0.3 | 2.4 ± 0.4 | 2.2 ± 0.2 |
| C | 0.1 ± 0.0 | 1.6 ± 0.4* | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.1 ± 0.1 | 0.5 ± 0.1 | 0.5 ± 1.0 | 1.1 ± 0.2 | 1.3 ± 0.1 | |
| INTERMEDIATE | I | 0.1 ± 0.1 | 3.7 ± 0.9** | 0.4 ± 0.1 | 0.7 ± 0.2 | 2.8 ± 0.4 | 2.8 ± 0.5 | 3.9 ± 0.5 | 3.5 ± 0.2 |
| C | 0.2 ± 0.1 | 1.6 ± 0.5* | 0.2 ± 0.1 | 0.3 ± 0.1 | 1.1 ± 0.2 | 0.9 ± 0.2 | 1.1 ± 0.2 | 1.3 ± 0.1 | |
| MEDIAL | I | 0.6 ± 0.1 | 9.8 ± 2.2* | 0.8 ± 0.1 | 2.2 ± 0.5* | 1.9 ± 0.3 | 2.2 ± 0.3 | 2.8 ± 0.3 | 2.1 ± 0.1 |
| C | 0.3 ± 1.0 | 8.3 ± 1.8** | 0.6 ± 0.2 | 1.4 ± 0.5 | 1.3 ± 0.3 | 1.6 ± 0.2 | 2.0 ± 0.2 | 1.6 ± 0.2 | |
| VENTRAL HORN | I | 0.1 ± 0.0 | 0.2 ± 0.1 | 0.1 0.0 | 0.2 ± 0.1 | 0.2 ± 0.1 | 0.2 ± 0.1 | 0.3 ± 0.1 | 0.2 ± 0.1 |
| C | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.2 ± 0.1* | 0.0 0.0 | 0.1 ± 0.1 | 0.1 ± 0.0 | 0.1 ± 0.1 | 0.2 ± 0.1 | 0.1 ± 0.0 | |
Values are mean ± S.E., N = 6–12 per grouped segments (N = 4 animals per group), * denotes statistically significant differences between the control and stimulated group for each area and segments
*
p<0.05,
**
p<0.001; unpaired t-test. Abbreviations :- I- ipsilateral, C- contralateral.