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. 2013 Feb 20;8(2):e57308. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057308

Table 1. Main effects of age, treatment and age X treatment interaction on dendritic architecture.

DENDRITIC SPINE DENSITY MPC Apical MPC Basal OPC Basal PAR1 Apical PAR1 Basal NAc Core (Radially Symmetric) DG (Unipolar, Adult Only)
Age Effect F(1,26) = 72.08; p<0.001 F(1,26) = 94.547; p<0.001 F(1,26) = 1.235; p = 0.277 F(1,26) = 97.5; p<0.001 F(1,26) = 161.7; p<0.001 F(1,26) = 29.451 p<0.001 NA
Treatment Effect F(1,26) = 99.16; p<0.001 F(1,26) = 42.219; p<0.001 F(1,26) = 9.58; p = 0.005 F(1,26) = 3.27; p = 0.082 F(1,26) = 2.81; p = 0.106 F(1,26) = 3.595; p = 0.069 F(1,17) = 4.421; p<0.001
Age X Treatment Interaction F(1,26) = 108.28; p<0.001 F(1,26) = 120.190; p<0.001 F(1,26) = 40.6; p<0.001 F(1,26) = 3.27; p = 0.087 F(1,26) = 2.70; p = 0.113 F(1,26) = 3.267; p = 0.082 NA
TOTAL DENDRITIC LENGTH MPC Apical MPC Basal OPC Basal PAR1 Apical PAR1 Basal NAc Core (Radially Symmetric) DG (Unipolar)
Age Effect F(1,26) = 48.47; p<0.001 F(1,26) = 499.04; p<0.001 F(1,26) = 1.441; p = 0.241 F(1,26) = 0.245; p = 0.625 F(1,26) = 17.89; p<0.001 F(1,26) = 16.7; p<0.001 F(1,26) = 94.778; p<0.001
Treatment Effect F(1,26) = 1.35; p = 0.25 F(1,26) = 1.71; p = 0.202 F(1,26) = 2.35; p = 0.137 F(1,26) = 0.337; p = 0.567 F(1,26) = 0.049; p = 0.826 F(1,26) = 0.401; p = 0.532 F(1,26) = 0.372; p = 0.547
Age X Treatment Interaction F(1,26) = 0.001; p = 0.97 F(1,26) = 7.36; p = 0.012 F(1,26) = 6.66; p = 0.016 F(1,26) = 0.002; p = 0.960 F(1,26) = 0.578; p = 0.454 F(1,26) = 0.856; p = 0.363 F(1,26) = 3.428; p = 0.075

Cells in bold contain statistically significant effects. In the NAc core and dentate gyrus, neurons are radially symmetric and unipolar, respectively, so there is no distinction of apical and basal dendrites. ‘ND’ indicates statistics based on measures that were not determined in the DG for technical reasons.