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. 2018 Oct 11;5:74–90. doi: 10.1016/j.ibror.2018.10.001

Table 4.

Quantitative analysis of excitaory cells in layer 4 of rat SSC.

L4_TPC L4_UPC L4_SSC t-test
(n = 44) (n = 33) (n = 12) TPC vs. UPC TPC vs. SSC UPC vs. SSC
Soma Perimeter(μm) 64 ±2 60 ±2 57 ±2 ns < 0.05 ns
Area(μm²) 248 ±15 225 ±14 180 ±7 ns < 0.05 < 0.05



Basal Dendrites Max horizontal extend (μm) 263 ±10 242 ±13 272±32 ns ns ns
Max vertical extend (μm) 212 ±10 219 ±14 203 ±22 ns ns ns
Den# 6±0.2 5±0.3 5±0.3 < 0.05 < 0.05 ns
Length(μm) 2387 ±155 1899±156 2141 ±149 < 0.05 ns ns
Surface(μm²) 5917 ±481 4805±444 4742 ±357 ns ns ns
Volume(μm³) 1550 ±189 1303 ±173 1066 ±119 ns < 0.05 ns
Tree length (μm) 435 ±29 435 ±45 469 ±46 ns ns ns
Seg length (μm) 66 ±2 64 ±4 69 ±7 ns ns ns
Seg surface (μm²) 164 ±10 167 ±14 155 ±17 ns ns ns
Seg volume (μm³) 43 ±5 46 ±6 35 ±5 ns ns ns
Seg# 38 ±3 32 ±3 33 ±3 ns ns ns
Tortuosity 1.27 ±0.01 1.25 ±0.01 1.32 ±0.02 ns < 0.05 < 0.05
Max order 5±0.2 5±0.3 5±0.3 ns ns ns
Mean order 3±0.2 3±0.2 3±0.2 ns ns ns
Max angles 56 ±1 57 ±1 55±3 ns ns ns
Planar angle 42 ±1 42 ±1 40 ±2 ns ns ns
Local angle 58 ±1 60 ±1 58 ±3 ns ns ns
Local spline angle 52 ±1 52 ±1 52 ±2 ns ns ns



Apical Dendrites Max horizontal extend (μm) 210 ±10 180 ±8 169 ±14 < 0.05 < 0.05 ns
Max vertical extend (μm) 547 ±23 451 ±23 191 ±14 < 0.05 < 0.05 < 0.05
Length(μm) 2077 ±108 1496 ±76 1023 ±140 < 0.05 < 0.05 < 0.05
Surface(μm²) 5552 ±359 4138 ±294 2526 ±386 < 0.05 < 0.05 < 0.05
Volume(μm³) 1573 ±157 1224 ±132 657 ±113 ns < 0.05 < 0.05
Seg length (μm) 75 ±3 75 ±4 65 ±6 ns ns ns
Seg surface (μm²) 202 ±12 212 ±18 165 ±23 ns ns ns
Seg volume (μm³) 57 ±6 64 ±8 45 ±9 ns ns ns
Seg# 30 ±2 22 ±2 18 ±3 < 0.05 < 0.05 ns
Tortuosity 1.24 ±0.01 1.22 ±0.03 1.31 ±0.02 ns < 0.05 < 0.05
Max order 10±1 8±0.4 6±0.7 < 0.05 < 0.05 < 0.05
Max angles 56 ±1 60 ±2 64 ±4 < 0.05 ns ns
Planar angle 39 ±1 41 ±1 45 ±2 ns < 0.05 ns
Local angle 57 ±1 58 ±1 56±3 ns ns ns
Local spline angle 50 ±1 51 ±1 53 ±2 ns ns ns
Oblique# 6.4 ±0.5 6.4 ±0.4 4.5 ±0.5 ns < 0.05 < 0.05



Axon Max horizontal extend (μm) 724 ±62 758 ±82 638 ±62 ns ns ns
Max vertical extend (μm) 1011 ±61 1058 ±79 1103 ±90 ns ns ns
Length(μm) 5713 ±567 6237 ±760 7838 ±894 ns < 0.05 ns
Surface(μm²) 3957 ±404 3605 ±369 5967 ±672 ns < 0.05 < 0.05
Volume(μm³) 302 ±37 230 ±28 461 ±83 ns ns < 0.05
Seg length (μm) 113 ±5 110 ±6 93 ±4 ns < 0.05 < 0.05
Seg surface (μm²) 84 ±7 68 ±5 76 ±10 < 0.05 ns ns
Seg volume (μm³) 7 ±1 5 ±1 6 ±1 < 0.05 ns ns
Seg# 50 ±5 55 ±5 84 ±9 ns < 0.05 < 0.05
Tortuosity 1.19 ±0.01 1.19 ±0.01 1.20 ±0.01 ns ns ns
Max order 11±0.5 11±0.5 12±0.7 ns ns ns
Max angles 81 ±2 78 ±1 72 ±3 ns < 0.05 < 0.05
Planar angle 52 ±1 51 ±1 47 ±1 ns < 0.05 < 0.05
Local angle 61 ±1 58 ±1 57 ±1 < 0.05 < 0.05 ns
Local spline angle 55 ±1 52 ±1 51 ±1 < 0.05 < 0.05 ns
Boton density (#/100 μm) 19 ±1 22 ±1 18 ±1 < 0.05 ns < 0.05