Table 3.

Morphological characteristics of reconstructed motoneurons and VGLUT1 numbers^a

	Control	Tibial ligation	Sciatic ligation
Soma surface area (μm2)	3118 ± 142	2989 ± 268	2377 ± 239
Dendritic length (μm)	431 ± 28	324 ± 55	249 ± 45
Dendritic surface area (μm2)	5014 ± 292	3553 ± 920	2044 ± 364b
# of VGLUT1 contacts on soma	23.2 ± 1.0	12.6 ± 1.6b	7.0 ± 1.3b
# of VGLUT1 contacts on dendrites	71.6 ± 4.8	45.0 ± 6.7b	28.0 ± 4.8b

^aData are reported as mean ± SE; n = 4 mice, 6 motoneurons per mouse.

^bSignificant difference from controls (p < 0.05).