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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Heart Rhythm. 2010 Nov 12;8(3):448–454. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2010.11.019

Table 1.

The number of intrinsic ganglia, their sizes, cumulative areas and the number inter-ganglionic nerves in 10 mouse hearts stained histochemically for AChE

Parameter Mean Range
Ganglion number per heart 19 ± 3 11 – 30
Ganglion size (in mm2) 0,026 ± 0,003 0,001 – 0,167
Cumulative ganglion area (in mm2) 0,35 ± 0,05 0,19 – 0,63
Number of inter-ganglionic nerves per ganglion 9 ± 1 3 – 24