Table 3.

Influences of age and environment on the morphological complexity of the “mean astrocyte” from molecular layer of dentate gyrus

Molecular layer of dentate gyrus	F	P
Age	49.529	0.000
Environment	0.091	0.763
Age and environment	32.231	0.000
Two-tail t test	Y EE x Y SE	Y EE x A EE	Y SE x A SE	A EE x A SE
t=	34,475	85,256	10,210	−53,432
p=	0.001	<0.0001	0.309	<0.0001

Two-way ANOVA with correspondent F and p values and two-tail t tests with correspondent t and p values

Y EE young mice from enriched environment; Y SE young mice from standard environment; A EE aged mice from enriched environment; A SE aged mice from standard environment