Table 1.

Published estimated values of mouse SGN populations

Investigator	Strain	Age (days)	Section Thickness (μm)	Section Sampling Fraction	Structure	Staining Agent	Counting Method	Correction Factor	Spiral Ganglion Neuron Population	Error
Liebl et al., 1997	C57Bl6	0.5	5	Every 6th	Nuclei	Hematoxylin	Profile counts	None	4421	1325 SEM (n=3)
Agerman et al., 2003	C57Bl6	0	14	Every 3rd	Nucleoli	Cresyl violet	Profile counts	Abercrombie	~6500	~500 SEM (n=4)
Agerman et al., 2003	C57Bl6	17	14	Every 3rd	Nucleoli	Cresyl violet	Profile counts	Abercrombie	~6800	~300 SEM (n=4)
Present counts	C57Bl6	56–77	40	Every 2nd	Cell bodies	Osmium	Stereology, optical disector	None	7009	996 SD (n=4)
Luikart et al., 2003	C57Bl6	0	8	Every 10th	Cell bodies	Cresyl violet	Profile counts (computer automated)	None	7148	291 SEM (n=5)
Postigo et al., 2002	129 × C57Bl6	7	8	Every 5th	Nuclei	Cresyl violet	Profile counts	Abercrombie	~7800	~300 SD (n=3–4)
Postigo et al., 2002	129 × C57Bl6	70	8	Every 5th	Nuclei	Cresyl violet	Profile counts	Abercrombie	~8000	~100 SD (n=3–4)
Fariñas et al., 1994	C57Bl6	0	10	Every 6th	Nucleoli	Cresyl violet	Profile counts	None	8082	1132 SEM (n=3)
Whitlon et al., 2006	CD-1	1	5	Every cell	Nuclei	Toluidine blue	Reconstruction	None	8240	423 SD (n=3)
Johnson et al., 2011	CBA/JCr	28	5	Every cell	Cell bodies	Rhodamine B isothiocyanate	Reconstruction	None	8626	96 SEM (n=5)
Richter et al., 2011	C57Bl6/129Svj	70	5	Every cell	Cell bodies	Toluidine blue	Reconstruction	None	10402	Not reported
Ehret, 1979	NMRI	28–70	3	25 cross-sections of cochlear nerve	Afferent fibers	Silver nitrate	Profile counts	None	10483	~810 SD (n=6)
Camarero et al., 2001	MF1 × 129/sv	5	50	Every 2nd	Nuclei	Cresyl violet	Stereology, optical disector	None	16100	700 SD (n=3)
Camarero et al., 2001	MF1 × 129/sv	20	50	Every 2nd	Nuclei	Cresyl violet	Stereology, optical disector	None	16600	600 SD (n=5)