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. 2014 Sep 24;34(39):13066–13076. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3316-13.2014

Table 4.

Physiological and morphological changes in birds infused with vehicle or caspase inhibitor cocktail

SD, 3 d
t test
Vehicle (n = 5) Caspase inhibitors (n = 6)
Testosterone
    Plasma levels (ng/ml) 0.39 ± 0.17 0.83 ± 0.37 t(4.27) = 1.0798, p = 0.3374
HVC
    Cannula distance (mm) 0.17 ± 0.07 0.27 ± 0.04 t(6.91) = 1.8701, p = 0.1042
    Unilateral volume (mm3) 0.69 ± 0.02 0.60 ± 0.04 t(7.79) = 1.5342, p = 0.1645
    Neuron density (×103/mm3) 97 ± 7 144 ± 8 t(8.94) = 4.3868, p = 0.0018
    Neuron no. (×103) 70 ± 7 90 ± 5 t(7.72) = 2.4514, p = 0.0409
    AC-3 cell no. 5370 ± 681 1844 ± 290 t(6.76) = 4.7617, p = 0.0022
RA
    Unilateral volume (mm3) 0.33 ± 0.03 0.28 ± 0.04 t(7.08) = 0.8746, p = 0.4105
vVZ
    BrdU-positive cell no. 2308 ± 223 934 ± 160 t(7.56) = 5.0000, p = 0.0012

All values are mean ± SEM. Bold indicates significant differences.