Table 2.
Means (SD) of stereology parameters by age group
| Age Group |
n | Sections | Sampling Sites | Section Thickness |
Number of Cells Counted* |
Gundersen CE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 mo | 8 | 12.00 (2.07) | 251.13 (64.46) | 37.44 (8.72) | 446.25 (173.09) | .065 (.019) |
| 8 mo | 8 | 11.38 (1.51) | 232.88 (35.54) | 37.04 (5.98) | 387.00 (77.34) | .069 (.023) |
| 12 mo | 8 | 11.13 (2.10) | 248.25 (82.04) | 36.45 (15.48) | 303.63 (119.20) | .066 (.018) |
| 18 mo | 8 | 10.88 (2.10) | 248.38 (65.78) | 31.84 (4.86) | 297.00 (80.09) | .066 (.014) |
| 25 mo | 8 | 11.13 (1.25) | 262.75 (62.36) | 28.27 (11.32) | 317.50 (92.88) | .065 (.018) |
| Mean | 11.30 (1.79) | 248.68 (61.22) | 34.21 (10.17) | 350.28 (122.95) | .066 (.018) |
*
F(4, 35) = 2.55, p = .056