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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neuropharmacology. 2016 Feb 24;107:58–67. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2016.02.027

Table 1.

Quantitation of NeuN immunoreactive (IR) cells in the RMTg and its surrounding areas from blank-saporin (BS) and dermorphin-saporin (DS) treated rats. Values are expressed as mean ± SEM.

NeuN IR cell counting (number/mm2)
Brain regions BS group n=9 DS group n=9 p-Value
RMTg 292±36.7 28.5 ± 3.4### P<0.001
CLi 468.4±54 350.8 ± 33.7 P=0.08
IPN 1441.7±164.2 1090.7±143 P=0.126
tth 323.2±29.6 280.8±37.7 P=0.389
pVTA 336±25.1 296.6±16.1 P=0.236
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p <0.001 vs BS by t-test. CLi, caudal linear nucleus of the raphe; tth, trigeminothalamic tract; IPN, interpeduncular nucleus. pVTA, posterior ventral tegmental area.