Table 2.
Comparison of number of PV-IR cells in the SC between the control (C1–6) and PDGFR-β KO (K1–4) mice.
| SC subfield | Control | PDGFR-β KO | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of cells per section | No. of cells per section | |||||||||||||
| C1 | C2 | C3 | C4 | C5 | C6 | Mean ± SD | K1 | K2 | K3 | K4 | Mean ± SD | %Change | P value | |
| ZO | 4.0 | 9.8 | 5.3 | 9.2 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 7.2 ± 2.2 | 5.8 | 9.5 | 7.2 | 7.7 | 7.5 ± 1.5 | 4.2% | 0.804 |
| SGR | 52.3 | 54.5 | 77.5 | 49.5 | 85.8 | 54.0 | 62.3 ± 15.3 | 41.2 | 31.5 | 29.8 | 31.5 | 33.5 ± 5.2 | −46.2% | 0.007 |
| OP | 76.0 | 66.2 | 78.8 | 71.7 | 87.3 | 65.5 | 74.3 ± 8.3 | 43.5 | 38.5 | 45.3 | 40.5 | 42.0 ± 3.0 | −32.7% | 0.001 |
| IGR | 33.0 | 23.5 | 28.3 | 23.0 | 24.8 | 24.3 | 26.2 ± 3.8 | 15.8 | 16.5 | 15.5 | 13.5 | 15.3 ± 1.3 | −41.6% | 0.001 |
| DL | 55.5 | 55.0 | 51.7 | 61.8 | 58.7 | 63.5 | 57.7 ± 4.5 | 25.2 | 29.2 | 34.7 | 33.0 | 30.5 ± 4.2 | −47.1% | 0.001 |
For each layer of the SC, the mean numbers of cells per section in each animal are indicated. In each animal, 6 sections were examined. %Change and T value indicate the %change from the control mice and statistical significance from the control mice (unpaired t-test) in each layer. For abbreviations, see Table 1.