. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jul 2.

Published in final edited form as: Behav Brain Res. 2017 Dec 8;346:21–28. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2017.12.008

TABLE 2.

Morphological Analysis of Apical and Basal Dendrites in CA1

Cell types and measurements	Saline^a	MTX+AraC^a	P value
CA1 apical
Thin spines (no.)	53.3 ± 0.92	54.55 ±2.27	P = 0.35
Stubby spines (no.)	33.64 ± 1.18	38.39 ± 1.17	P < 0.05^b
Mushroom spines (no.)	13.06 ± 2.29	7.06 ± 1.22	P < 0.01
Overall density (no.)	21.89 ± 0.75	20.15 ± 0.68	P = 0.38
Total dendritic length (µm)	1114 ± 91.97	555.4 ±22.06	P < 0.05
Total branch points (no.)	12.9 ±1.76	7.10 ± 0.50	P < 0.05
Total branch tips (no.)	12.93 ± 0.88	8.05 ± 0.29	P <0.01
Dendritic complexity	101280 ± 13090	23027 ± 2254	P < 0.05
CA1 basal
Thin spines (no.)	50.44 ± 2.74	54.36 ±1.25	P = 0.15
Stubby spines (no.)	36.39 ±2.77	38.59 ± 0.52	P = 0.77
Mushroom spines (no.)	13.18 ±0.42	7.05 ± 0.98	P < 0.001
Overall density (no.)	19.48 ±0.39	19.31 ± 0.44	P 0.74
Total dendritic length (µm)	1127 ± 76.95	588 ± 25.95	P < 0.05
Total branch points (no.)	13.25 ± 1.3	6.35 ± 0.66	P < 0.05
Total branch tips (no.)	15.39 ± 0.69	9.45 ± 0.40	P < 0.05
Dendritic complexity	38711 ± 15619	5847 ± 1113	P < 0.005

Mean ± SEM.

Values in boldface are significant.