Table 5.
CGRP-IR, GFRα3-IR, and NF200-IR in corneal afferent neurons (experimental series 2).
| Double label immunohistochemistry to identify CGRP-IR and GFRα3-IR | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animal | Number of corneal afferent neurons | %CGRP+ corneal afferent neurons | %GFRα3+ corneal afferent neurons | %CGRP+ corneal afferent neurons that are GFRα3+ | %GFRα3+ corneal afferent neurons that are CGRP+ | %CGRP+ corneal afferent neurons that are not GFRα3+ | %GFRα3+ corneal afferent neurons that are not CGRP+ |
| #1 | 152 | 25 | 22 | 47 | 55 | 53 | 45 |
| #2 | 288 | 24 | 29 | 52 | 43 | 48 | 57 |
| #3 | 168 | 25 | 29 | 62 | 54 | 38 | 46 |
| #4 | 202 | 26 | 26 | 43 | 44 | 57 | 56 |
| Mean ± SD | 25 ± 1 | 27 ± 3 | 51 ± 8 | 49 ± 6 | 49 ± 8 | 51 ± 6 | |
| NF200 immuno-labeling | |||||||
| Animal | Number of corneal afferent | %NF200+ | %CGRP+/GFRα3- that are NF200+ | %GFRα3+/CGRP- that are NF200+ | %CGRP+/GFRα3+ that are NF200+ | ||
| #1 | 152 | 55 | 10 | 60 | 28 | ||
| #2 | 288 | 43 | 9 | 27 | 11 | ||
| #3 | 168 | 40 | 19 | 19 | 0 | ||
| #4 | 202 | 35 | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Mean ± SD | 43 ± 8 | 10 ± 7 | 30 ± 21 | 10 ± 13 | |||