Table 2.

Volume fraction occupied by cortical elements in layer II of the TEC. All volume data are corrected for shrinkage

Group	Vneu (%; mean ± SD)	Vg (%; mean ± SD)	Vbv (%; mean ± SD)	Vn (%; mean ± SD)	TEC thickness (mm; mean ± SD)
Control	7.17 ± 0.98	0.50 ± 0.14	3.28 ± 0.41	89.05 ± 1.22	2.66 ± 0.37
Alzheimer	5.86 ± 0.84	0.35 ± 0.12	3.71 ± 0.48	90.08 ± 1.22	1.74 ± 0.39

SD standard deviation, TEC transentorhinal cortex, V_neu volume fraction occupied by neurons, V_g volume fraction occupied by glia, V_bv volume fraction occupied by blood vessels, V_n volume fraction occupied by neuropil

The data for individual cases are shown in Additional file 1: Table S1