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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Comp Neurol. 2010 Aug 1;518(15):3046–3064. doi: 10.1002/cne.22379

Table 2. Percentage of Myelinated Nerve Fiber Sheath Changes and Area Number Density.

This table gives individual values for cross-sectional area, myelinated nerve fiber density and age-related changes in myelin sheath morphology in the cingulate bundle and genu of the corpus callosum for 21 rhesus monkeys ranging in age from 4 to 32 years of age.

Subject Age Sex Hemispher Cross-Sectional
Area (mm^2)
Myelinated: Nerve Fiber
Profiles per 100μm2
% Abnormal
Axons
% Altered
Myelin Sheaths
% Paranodes
Genu Cingulum Genu Cingulum Genu Cingulum Genu Cingulum Genu Cingulum
AM 058 3.8 M Right - - 108 - 0.0 - 0.8 - 5.5 -
AM 076 6.4 F Left - 3.5 109 73 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 6.0 5.8
AM 129 6.7 F Left 22.2 4.7 93 65 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.2 6.3 5.2
AM 130 7.8 F Left - 2.6 - 68 - 0.1 - 0.8 - 5.5
AM 047 9.0 M Left - 4.4 100 52 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.3 4.3 3.4
AM 096 9.1 F Right 22.9 3.0 106 67 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.6 5.3 6.3
AM 053 9.7 M Left 16.9 4.1 77 53 0.2 0.0 1.6 0.4 6.6 5.1
Mean 7.5 20.7 3.7 99 63 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.4 5.7 5.2
Std. Deviation 1.9 3.3 0.8 12 8 # 0.1 0.0 # 0.5 0.2 # 0.8 1.0
AM 042 12.2 M Left 15.2 5.7 93 54 0.1 0.1 1.6 0.9 6.0 3.7
AM 144 15.0 M Right 20.9 4.2 73 55 0.2 0.1 3.0 1.3 6.0 5.3
AM 143* 15.8 M Left 19.5 5.2 75 58 0.3 0.3 1.4 1.2 5.1 5.7
AM 221 18.4 F Right - 2.9 94 58 0.3 0.5 5.7 1.8 6.5 3.4
AM 209 19.2 M Right - 4.3 54 62 0.5 0.5 4.9 2.1 6.7 5.7
AM 133 19.6 M Left 18.3 4.6 74 51 0.6 0.3 6.0 4.1 5.8 5.2
Mean 16.7 18.5 4.5 77 56 0.3 0.3 3.8 1.9 6.0 4.8
Std. Deviation 2.6 2.4 1.0 15 4 # 0.2 0.2 # 2.0 1.2 # 0.6 1.0
AM 100 24.7 F Left 5.8 3.6 91 59 0.7 0.4 5.8 6.6 7.9 7.4
AM 019 24.7 F Left 9.9 - 80 - 1.0 - 7.4 - 8.4 -
AM 062 27.5 M Right - 2.7 82 47 0.4 0.5 7.6 7.4 8.8 6.4
AM 027 27.97 M Right - - 94 - 0.4 - 9.1 - 8.2 -
AM 026 29.1 F Left - 3.7 95 64 0.7 0.2 7.0 5.8 7.0 6.4
AM 091 31.5 M Left - 3.4 61 42 0.7 0.5 8.3 6.3 11.3 8.9
AM 041 32.0 F Right - 4.1 - 44 - 0.9 - 7.5 - 8.4
AM 023* 32.3 F Left - 5.6 - 49 - 0.7 - 8.2 - 4.4
Mean 29.3 7.9 3.9 84 49 0.6 0.6 7.9 7.0 8.7 6.9
Std. Deviation 2.6 2.9 1.1 13 9 # 0.2 0.3 # 0.8 1.0 # 1.6 1.8
*

Exact age unknown