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.