. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 11.

Published in final edited form as: Synapse. 2009 Jun;63(6):484–501. doi: 10.1002/syn.20627

Table 2.

Random-calculated (%RC) and observed plasmalemmal distribution of NK₁ and NK₃ immunogold particles in VTA dendrites retrogradely labeled with FG injected in the Acb or mPFC.

		Plasmalemmal distribution (%)
		Random (%RC)	Observed
NK₁	Acb-VTA	4.2 ± 0.2 n= 51	15.4 ± 3.3 ^** n= 51

	mPFC-VTA	3.2 ± 0.2 n= 27	15.4 ± 4.7^** n= 27

NK₃	Acb-VTA	4.3 ± 0.3 n= 44	17.5 ± 3.4^** n= 44

	mPFC-VTA	3.9 ± 0.2 n= 25	12.6 ± 2.9^** n= 25

^**

P< 0.01; Paired Student t-test, random vs actual plasmalemmal distribution. The statistical analysis includes longitudinal and transversely cut dendrites.