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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Aug 12.
Published in final edited form as: Brain Res. 2010 Jun 4;1348:181–186. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.05.090

Table 1. Vitamin C level in brain.

Gulo(+/+)
Control
n=14		 Gulo(-/-)
STD
n=7		 Gulo(-/-)
LOW
n=12		 Gulo(-/-)
WATER
n=12
μmol/g tissue (wet weight)
Olfactory bulbs 2.16 ±0.31a 2.50 ±0.15a 1.08 ±0.10b 0.25 ±0.04c
Frontal cortex 2.17 ±0.19a 2.05 ±0.13a 0.77 ±0.12b 0.21 ±0.09c
Parietal cortex 2.29 ±0.22a 2.12 ±0.19a 0.60 ±0.04b 0.15 ±0.02b
Striatum 2.06 ±0.18a 1.66 ±0.09a 0.53 ±0.07b 0.15 ±0.02b
Thalamic nucleii 2.18 ±0.19a 1.55 ±0.17b 0.68 ±0.08c 0.25 ±0.05c
Hippocampus 2.57 ±0.33a 1.95 ±0.15a 0.87 ±0.11b 0.22 ±0.04b
Cerebellum 2.51 ±0.27a 2.17 ±0.22a 1.30 ±0.13b 0.40 ±0.04c
Pons 1.63 ±0.13a 1.04 ±0.12b 0.40 ±0.03c 0.11 ±0.02c
Spinal chord 1.92 ±0.16a 0.96 ±0.23b 0.38 ±0.08c 0.07 ±0.01c
Liver 0.92 ±0.09a 0.59 ±0.10b 0.13 ±0.11c 0.14 ±0.02c

VC level in each brain area measured for each group. Values in the same row (brain area) that do not share a superscript letter are significantly different, p<0.05.