Table 1.

Measures of dendritic size and complexity of layer 4 pyramidal neurons in control and enucleated ferrets at P30 (mean ± SEM)

	Control	Enucleated	p
Span of apical dendrite (μm)	386.70 ± 30.05	426.62 ± 23.17	0.290
Span of basal dendrites (μm)	157.65 ± 4.17	168.03 ± 6.52	0.186
Ratio AD/BD	2.45 ± 0.18	2.60 ± 0.15	0.515
% soma–pia distance by AD	58.41 ± 3.73	71.66 ± 3.70	0.017*
Number of basal dendrites	3.75 ± 0.16	3.16 ± 0.16	0.012*
Total length AD (μm)	1247.17 ± 97.44	1412.21 ± 107.89	0.278
Total length BD (μm)	2178.65 ± 112.02	2150.76 ± 152.79	0.890
Total length AD + BD	3425.81 ± 155.17	3562.97 ± 156.44	0.545
Branch points AD	12.00 ± 0.81	12.94 ± 1.12	0.500
Branch points BD	26.50 ± 1.82	24.81 ± 2.13	0.566

% soma–pia distance by AD, Percentage of the distance between the cell soma and the pial surface covered by the apical dendrite.

*p < 0.05.