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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Mar 15.
Published in final edited form as: Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2013 Mar 15;38(6):E325–E331. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318285b5bb

Table 2.

Average cross-sectional area of neurons positive for both CTb and CGRP.

Cross-Sectional Area (μm ± S.D.)
C5 C6 C7 C8
injury 660±353 840±264 757±142 825±71
sham 741‡ 732±220 688±73 802±189
normal 599±206 864±139 738±79 754±134
total 652±212 804±200 724±133* 794±130
‡

Only one neuron found.

*

p=0.0022 compared to all CGRP-positive neurons in the C7 DRG.

CGRP, calcitonin gene-related peptide; CTb, cholera toxin subunit b.