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. 2011 Jan 12;218(3):285–297. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2010.01336.x

Table 3.

Number of BrdU-labeled cells per mm2 of periosteum (mean ± SD)

Fibrous layer Inner (‘osteogenic’) layer


Region* 2 weeks 4 weeks 6 weeks Combined 2 weeks 4 weeks 6 weeks Combined
Appositional
 Mandible R(CBC) 86 ± 69 105 ± 126 74 ± 46 88 ± 77 1051 ± 307 852 ± 452 2144 ± 116 1349 ± 664
R(CBA) 61 ± 25 67 ± 43 64 ± 42 64 ± 32 651 ± 101 665 ± 174 1665 ± 681 993 ± 616
R(DB) 164 ± 39 418 ± 31 102 ± 82 204 ± 144 462 ± 259 1760 ± 897 675 ± 268 866 ± 684
R(RB) 68 ± 87 68 ± 87 82 ± 18 82 ± 18
R(VB) 118 ± 87 215 ± 108 59 ± 20 131 ± 98 381 ± 211 814 ± 362 1078 ± 307 788 ± 400
R(MFL) 137 ± 105 162 ± 145 125 ± 10 141 ± 91 270 ± 28 326 ± 116 844 ± 458 480 ± 362
R(ML) 137 ± 42 260 ± 33 121 ± 36 173 ± 73 327 ± 73 633 ± 224 643 ± 94 535 ± 201
 Palate P(O) 300 ± 123 231 ± 85 91 ± 51 207 ± 122 412 ± 103 476 ± 204 302 ± 92 396 ± 145
P(CB) 136§ 323 ± 205 40 ± 2 198 ± 192 110§ 626 ± 145 178 ± 249 473 ± 228
 Arch A(DB) 63 ± 48 277 ± 354 38 ± 37 126 ± 213 591 ± 161 1165 ± 282 612 ± 144 789 ± 333
A(VB) 39 ± 14 237 ± 228 21 ± 3 99 ± 154 129 ± 63 655 ± 563 533 ± 103 445 ± 376
Z(L) 252 ± 112 194 ± 205 27 ± 11 157 ± 154 498 ± 149 749 ± 263 359 ± 149 535 ± 240
Z(M) 470§ 205 ± 133 57 ± 44 179 ± 169 308§ 541 ± 159 214 ± 136 367 ± 205
Fl(L) 142 ± 30 257 ± 218 13 ± 2 137 ± 152 300 ± 33 618 ± 111 457 ± 250 458 ± 195
Fl(M) 215 ± 171 459 ± 158 31 ± 44 260 ± 220 362 ± 265 616 ± 327 174 ± 3 410 ± 293
T(L) 109 ± 92 184 ± 135 15 ± 10 107 ± 116 488 ± 113 624 ± 117 1010 ± 73 724 ± 243
All appositional 146 ± 55 606 ± 301,**
Resorptive
 Mandible R(DB) 84 ± 36 117 ± 54 79§ 96 ± 38 390 ± 256 266 ± 86 196§ 301 ± 160
R(RB) 116 ± 60 97 ± 65 106 ± 52 414 ± 367 570 ± 655 492 ± 443
R(MFM) 257 ± 28 306 ± 348 206 ± 47 257 ± 182 308 ± 167 211 ± 138 354 ± 157 291 ± 148
R(ML) 197 ± 44 349 ± 77 163 ± 65 236 ± 102 320 ± 97 521 ± 201 257 ± 61 366 ± 166
 Palate P(N) 227 ± 44 332 ± 102 117 ± 57 226 ± 112 216 ± 18 445 ± 187 296 ± 111 319 ± 149
 Arch Z(M) 76 ± 40 87§ 38 ± 5 63 ± 31 93 ± 90 434§ 268 ± 2 253 ± 129
Fl(M) 75 ± 78 233 ± 69 21 ± 18 110 ± 109 99 ± 75 850 ± 439 137 ± 69 362 ± 430
T(M) 258 ± 168 311 ± 364 39 ± 22 202 ± 236 201 ± 97 403 ± 20 142 ± 53 249 ± 137
All resorptive 162 ± 76 329 ± 79,**
*

For region abbreviations, see Table 1.

n = 3 pigs per age group and nine pigs combined except where specified. Sample size varied because of individual differences in the regional occurrence of modeling activity.

n = 2.

§

n = 1.

Difference between fibrous and inner layers, P < 0.005.

**

Difference between appositional and resorptive, P = 0.02.