Table 2.
Morphological parameters of the three perisomatic region-targeting interneurons in the BLA.
| PVBC | AAC | CCK/CB1BC | ANOVA | PVBC vs. AAC | PVBC vs. CCK/CB1BC | AAC vs. CCK/CB1BC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | 7 | 7 | 5 | ||||
| Dendritic length (μm) | 7906.1 ± 2498.2 | 4606.1 ± 2645.7 | 9821 ± 2132.9 | 0.007 | 0.02 | 0.21 | 0.002 |
| Dendritic tree/amygdala | 0.119 ± 0.046 | 0.047 ± 0.022 | 0.101 ± 0.024 | 0.005 | 0.002 | 0.42 | 0.028 |
| Dendritic surface × 103 (μm2) | 22.76 ± 8.11 | 11.88 ± 10.45 | 33.09 ± 7.49 | 0.003 | 0.037 | 0.06 | <0.001 |
| n | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Axon length × 104 (μm) | 7.816 ± 2.12 | 3.449 ± 2.421 | 6.1518 ± 1.134 | 0.034 | 0.012 | 0.26 | 0.08 |
| Axon arbor/amygdala | 0.356 ± 0.135 | 0.121 ± 0.037 | 0.251 ± 0.065 | 0.015 | 0.005 | 0.12 | 0.049 |
| # of axon nodes | 752 ± 245 | 426.5 ± 181.1 | 328.5 ± 92.3 | 0.024 | 0.033 | 0.009 | 0.47 |
| # of varicosities | 8369.5 ± 2550.1 | 3279.2 ± 773.2 | 4432.5 ± 1596.7 | 0.007 | 0.003 | 0.012 | 0.38 |
| Inter-bouton distance (μm) | 5 ± 0.55 | 4.35 ± 1.32 | 6.78 ± 1.59 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
Statistical comparisons were performed with ANOVA, except those shown in italic, which were obtained by Kruskal-Wallis ANOVA and Kolmogorov-Smirnov test.