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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Neurosci Methods. 2017 Jan 16;279:33–43. doi: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2017.01.003

Table 1.

Summary of studies using Sholl analysis on brain tissue sections

Statistical Test ~ Percentage of Studies (79 Total Studies Examined)
T test 27
ANOVA (not using mixed effects models) 48
Mixed effects or repeated measures models 23
Not specified 3
Sampling Structure of Neurons ~ Percentage of Studies (79 Total Studies Examined)
Used multiple neurons per animal 72
Averaged multiple neurons per animal 8
No specified N value used in statistical test 33
No specified number of animals 16
No specified number of neurons/animal 37

Summary of 79 studies of dendritic morphology of neurons in brain tissue sections identified via PubMed search using the search terms “Sholl analysis” and “neuron”. Specific references can be found in Supplemental Table 1.