Table 5. Neuronal density of submucous neurons (neurons/cm2) in the jejunum and ileum.
Experimental groups: control (C); control supplemented with 2% L-glutamine (CG); Walker-256 tumor (TW); and Walker-256 tumor supplemented with 2% L-glutamine (TWG). HuC/D-IR population (neurons/cm2) and VIP-immunoreactive subpopulation (neurons/cm2) densities.
| Experimental Groups | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | CG | TW | TWG | ||
| Jejunum | HuC/D | 9451.1 ± 154.3a | 9900.6 ± 249.7a | 6546.2 ± 158.1b | 6599.8 ± 118.5b |
| VIP | 4234.9 ± 121.1a | 4567.9 ± 86.3a | 3512.4 ± 79.8b | 3411.3 ± 97.2b | |
| Ileum | HuC/D | 8738.6 ± 268.5a | 8744.1 ± 216.6a | 7836.5 ± 176.0b | 6954.2 ± 183.7b |
| VIP | 3985.6 ± 78.2a | 4018.4 ± 88.4a | 3429.9 ± 97.0b | 3246.2 ± 93.6b | |
The results are expressed as mean ± SEM (n = 8).
Different letters indicate significant difference (p<0.05) according to ANOVA (two-way) followed Tukey's post hoc test.