Table 2.

Morphological properties

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.04046.006

		WT mice	mSOD1 mice	p-value
Soma area (µm2)	Delayed firing	630 ± 160	620 ± 140	0.2
		350/1000	270/890
		N = 60	N = 31
	Immediate firing	530 ± 180	454 ± 110	0.2
		260/940	250/640
		N = 30	N = 17
	p-value	0.009	0.0002
Primary dendrites	Delayed firing	6.4 ± 2.0	6.7 ± 1.2	0.3
		4/12	5/9
		N = 14	N = 14
	Immediate firing	6.3 ± 2.7	6.4 ± 4.0	0.9
		3/10	2/13
		N = 10	N = 5
	p-value	1	0.5
Total dendritic length (mm)	Delayed firing	8.3 ± 2.9	8.7 ± 3.8	0.9
		2.3/14	3.8/16.5
		N = 14	N = 14
	Immediate firing	5.3 ± 1.5	3.6 ± 0.3	0.01
		3.0/8.0	3.3/4.1
		N = 10	N = 5
	p-value	0.01	0.0003
Dendritic paths (µm)	Delayed firing	296 ± 135	293 ± 139	0.8
		5/687	15/840
		N = 653	N = 449
	Immediate firing	252 ± 141	181 ± 157	<0.0001
		11/803	11/685
		N = 281	N = 180
	p-value	<0.0001	<0.0001
Terminal segments length (µm)	Delayed firing	112 ± 93	108 ± 102	0.5
		4/457	3/742
		N = 618	N = 447
	Immediate firing	108 ± 91	81 ± 92	0.001
		5/545	4/584
		N = 296	N = 178
	p-value	0.6	0.001

Note that the ‘overbranching motoneuron’ (arrowhead on Figure 8B1) is excluded for analysis.