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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Bioenerg Biomembr. 2018 Sep 13;51(1):29–40. doi: 10.1007/s10863-018-9772-x

Fig. 7.

Fig. 7

Quantification of the effects of chronic, partial deafferentation on mitral cell dendritic structure. (a) At 8 weeks post-deafferentation there was a significant reduction in the number of major dendritic branches in deafferented mitral cells compared to internal control cells and day 0 unlesioned control animals. (b) The length of dendritic branches of 8-week deafferented cells was significantly reduced compared to internal control and day 0 unlesioned control cells. Additionally, there was a significant increase in the length of dendritic branches of internal control cells compared to day 0 unlesioned control cells. (c) Following 8 weeks of deafferentation, there was a significant decrease in the average size of dendritic arbors of deafferented mitral cells compared to internal control cells and day 0 unlesioned control cells. (d) There was a significant reduction in the distribution of fine processes within the dendritic arbor at 8 weeks post-deafferentation compared to internal control dendritic arbors and day 0 unlesioned control arbors. * = p<0.05 compared to internal control cells; + = p<0.05 compared to day 0 unlesioned control cells. LOB = left (internal control) olfactory bulb; ROB = right (deafferented) olfactory bulb