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. 2011 Apr 6;31(14):5483–5494. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5244-10.2011

Table 2.

Cell profile size distribution in cervical and lumbar DRG for CGRP- and parvalbumin-positive neurons

Cervical
Lumbar
Wild type (n = 3) Dync1li1N235Y/N235Y (n = 4) Wild type (n = 3) Dync1li1N235Y/N235Y (n = 3)
Total number of CGRP-positive profile areas measured 239 315 255 389
Mean CGRP cell profile area 459 ± 69 (378–595) 420 ± 27 (383–498) 485 ± 26 (469–502) 435 ± 26 (395–484)
Total number of parvalbumin-positive profile areas measured 264 285 233 339
Mean parvalbumin cell profile area 508 ± 26 (477–559) 477 ± 21 (416–509) 474 ± 7 (418–578) 378 ± 7 (364–388)

For mean ± SEM values, the values in parentheses are ranges.

CGRP: The distribution of the profile areas of cervical CGRP-immunoreactive DRG neurons is significantly different (p < 0.005, Kolmogorov–Smirnov test) between wild-type mice (478 ± 276 μm2, mean ± SD; ncells = 239, nanimals = 3) and Dync1li1N235Y/N235Y littermates (421 ± 229 μm2, mean ± SD; ncells = 315, nanimals = 4). Data not shown. The distribution of the profile areas of lumbar CGRP-immunoreactive DRG neurons is significantly different (p < 0.005, Kolmogorov–Smirnov test) between wild-type mice (484 ± 280 μm2, mean ± SD; ncells = 255, nanimals = 3) and Dync1li1N235Y/N235Y littermates (432 ± 254 μm2, mean ± SD; ncells = 389, nanimals = 4). Data not shown.

Parvalbumin: The distribution of the profile areas of cervical parvalbumin-immunoreactive DRG neurons is significantly different (p < 0.001, Kolmogorov–Smirnov test) between wild-type mice (503 ± 260 μm2, mean ± SD; ncells = 264, nanimals = 3) and Dync1li1N235Y/N235Y littermates (468 ± 282 μm2, mean ± SD; ncells = 285, nanimals = 4). Data not shown. The distribution of the profile areas of lumbar parvalbumin-immunoreactive DRG neurons is significantly different (p < 0.001, Kolmogorov–Smirnov test) between wild-type mice (465 ± 276 μm2, mean ± SD; ncells = 233, nanimals = 3) and Dync1li1N235Y/N235Y littermates (376 ± 196 μm2, mean ± SD; ncells = 393, nanimals = 4) (Fig. 5D).