Table 1.

Quantification of Optic Nerve Pathology: Cross-Sectional Area, Total Axon Number and Degenerating Axon Counts for Treated and Untreated Nerves from Individual Animals

Rat	Cross-Sectional Area (mm2)		Axons in Nerve (n)		Degenerating Axons per Cross-Section (n)
	Treated	Untreated	Treated	Untreated	Treated	Untreated
102	0.252	0.296	81,504	82,371	82	11
103	0.230	0.248	92,754	100,881	51	39
104	0.284	0.277	99,207	103,413	22	39
109	0.278	0.280	77,716	85,363	214	8
111	0.198	0.237	65,225	74,669	13	1
113	0.239	0.291	82,564	80,993	174	6
114	0.260	0.280	96,101	109,053	64	26
118	0.274	0.254	101,712	106,606	59	24
Average	0.254	0.270	87,098	92,919	85	19
SD	±0.02	±0.02	±12,487	±13,442	±72	±15