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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Nov 11;204(2):177.e8–177.e14. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2010.09.023

Table 3.

Quantitative forebrain parameters

Parameter Placebo (n=8) Estradiol (n=10)
Astrocytes in: deep WM (cells/mm2) 378±37 400±27
  subcortical WM (cells/mm2) 328±26 376±23
  neocortex (cells/mm2) 116±7 145±21
  hippocampus (cells/mm2) 193±22 254±21
MBP-IR oligodendrocytes in: deep WM (cells/mm2) 89±27 126±32
   subcortical WM (cells/mm2) 32±10 37±8
Iba1-IR microglia/macrophages in: deep WM (cells/mm2) 149±19 166±24
    subcortical WM (cells/mm2) 73±5 102±12
    neocortex (cells/mm2) 44±3 43±4
% of neuropil occupied by blood vessels in: deep WM 1.9±0.1 1.7±0.4
      subcortical WM 1.8±0.1 1.9±0.4
      neocortex 1.6±0.2 1.4±0.3
Ki67-IR cells (cells/mm2) in subventricular zone 1357±619 1583±189
Caspase3-IR cells (cells/mm2) in deep WM 78±14 65±9

Values are mean ± SEM. WM, white matter.