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. 2015 Sep 22;10(9):e0138867. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0138867

Table 1. The effect of intranasally injected full-length YB-1 on neuron density and the morphofunctional state of neurons in the temporal cortex and hippocampus of OBX mice.

Brain Group Neuron density Normal neurons, Pathological neurons, %
region % Pyknosis Cytolysis Vacuolization
Temporal cortex SO+saline (n = 5) 1204.86±21.94 82.65±0.4 3.58±0.27 12.25±0.38 1.4±0.16
OBX+saline (n = 5) 1124.07±16.51** 57.27±1.06*** 15.03±0.43*** 22.03±0.78*** 5.67±0.35***
OBX+YB-1 (n = 9) 1262.04±24.94+++ 82.27±0.64+++ 2.6±0.24**+++ 13.03±0.55+++ 2.1±0.23**+++
Hip CA1-CA2 SO+saline (n = 5) 2797.22±24.37 86.65±0.54 2.03±0.23 9.95±0.43 0.95±0.17
OBX+saline (n = 5) 2603.70±25.69*** 67±0.75*** 7.73±0.32*** 21.37±0.68*** 3.93±0.23***
OBX+YB-1 (n = 9) 2685.19±26.78**+ 78.03±0.64***+++ 3.7±0.24***+++ 15.7±0.60***+++ 2.53±0.24***+++
Hip CA3-CA4 SO+saline (n = 5) 2129.86±29.49 84.9±0.6 2.18±0.25 11.5±0.52 1.43±0.17
OBX+saline (n = 5) 1936.11±20,24*** 64.07±0.81*** 6.83±0.22*** 24.27±0.63*** 4.83±0.25***
OBX+YB-1 (n = 9) 1993,52±15,11***+ 73,43±0,46***+++ 5,1±0,32***+++ 17,23±0,34***+++ 4,23±0,29***

The two-tail t-test p-values for SO mice are *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001, and those for OBX mice are +p < 0.05; ++p < 0.01; +++p <0.001.