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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Neuroimmune Pharmacol. 2015 Nov 10;11(1):133–141. doi: 10.1007/s11481-015-9635-8

Table 1.

Volumes of brain structures from normal (n=19) and humanized (n=7) mice.

Region Structure Normal
Mean ± SD (mm3)
(n=19)
Humanized
Mean ± SD (mm3)
(n=7)
CH: Cerebrum
  Isocortex: Isocortex Isocortex: Isocortex 116.64±4.49 97.46±6.32
  OLF: Olfactory areas MOBgl: Main olfactory bulb, glomerular layer 15.44±1.37 12.11±1.06
MOBgr: Main olfactory bulb, granule layer 3.36±0.35 2.60±0.26
AOB: Accessory olfactory bulb 0.79±0.08 0.66±0.05
AON: Anterior olfactory nucleus 4.77±0.28 4.13±0.19
PIR: Piriform area 12.56±0.48 10.43±0.65
  HPF: Hippocampal formation CA1_CA2_SUB: Field CA1+Field CA2+Subiculum 17.32±0.55 13.68±1.38
CA3: field CA3 of hippocampus 7.87±0.23 6.51±0.59
DG-mo: Dentate gyrus_molecular layer 3.35±0.13 2.75±0.31
DG-(po+sg): Dentate gyrus_(polymorph layer+granular layer) 3.06±0.13 2.54±0.29
  STR: Striatum CP: Caudoputamen 23.30±0.84 19.95±1.24
STRv: Striatum ventral region 12.06±0.52 10.00±0.61
LSX: Lateral septal complex 4.41±0.16 3.99±0.17
  PAL: Pallidum PALc: Pallidium, caudal region 2.44±0.12 2.15±0.11
GP: Globus pallidus 3.15±0.12 2.74±0.16
MS: Medial septal nucleus 0.35±0.02 0.32±0.01
  AMY: Amygdala AMY: Amygdala 18.1±0.72 14.55±0.92
FB: Fiber tracts
cc: corpus callosum 11.85±0.58 9.84±0.76
opt: optic tract 0.85±0.04 0.72±0.05
ac: anterior commissure 0.82±0.03 0.71±0.04
RFB: Rest of fiber tracts 9.13±0.3 7.9±0.5
BS: Brain stem
TH: Thalamus 19.67±0.58 17.37±1.12
EPI: Epithalamus 0.87±0.04 0.79±0.06
HY: Hypothalamus 19.02±0.69 16.51±0.57
IC: Inferior colliculus 6.50±0.28 5.58±0.36
PAG: Periaqueductal gray 7.59±0.24 6.71±0.32
PRT: Pretectal region 2.59±0.08 2.26±0.21
SN: Substantia nigra 2.63±0.10 2.36±0.12
RMB: Rest of midbrain 23.95±0.56 20.82±1.36
P: Pons 19.68±0.88 17.46±0.85
MY: Medulla 52.51±3.12 43.55±2.62
CB: Cerebellum
CBXmo: Cerebellar cortex, molecular layer 44.35±1.57 36.06±3.19
CBXgr: Cerebellar cortex, granular layer 11.65±0.42 9.24±0.92
CBwm: Cerebellar white matter 14.20±0.48 11.46±1.18
FN: Fastigial nucleus 0.64±0.04 0.54±0.06
IP: Interpose nucleus 1.07±0.05 0.88±0.12
DN: Dentate nucleus 0.72±0.05 0.58±0.07
VS: Ventricular system
VL: Lateral ventricles 2.47±0.09 2.16±0.16
V3: Third ventricle* 0.52±0.03 0.47±0.04
AQ: Cerebral aqueduct* 0.123±0.01 0.121±0.01
V4: Fourth ventricle 1.21±0.07 1.00±0.09
Brain volume 503.63±13.05 421.66±25.62

‘*’ denotes NOT significant (p>0.01) volume differences