Table 1.

Regional comparison of volume of basement membrane across vessel type.

Basement membrane Mean volume/length (μm3/μm) ± SEM	Hippocampus			Cortex			Striatum
	Capillaries	Arteries	Veins	Capillaries	Arteries	Veins	Capillaries	Arteries	Veins
Control	32.63 ± 7.9*	87.49 ± 22.6	148.9 ± 40.6*▴	18.82 ± 3.4▿	114.5 ± 40.3▿	42.68 ± 7.7▴	26.82 ± 3.6▿	106.7 ± 29.2▿	51.05 ± 6.7▴
Saporin	32.71 ± 5.4*	114.7 ± 22.2	153.8 ± 30.3*▴	21.26 ± 2.4	84.56 ± 11.5∞	37.38 ± 7.2▴∞	21.95 ± 1.6▿	73.46 ± 18.3▿	35.45 ± 2.8▴

Data represents mean ± SEM. *p < 0.05 capillaries vs. veins; ^▿p < 0.05 capillaries vs. arteries; ^∞p < 0.05 arteries vs. veins (one-way ANOVA with Sidak’s post hoc) ^▴p < 0.01; hippocampus vs. cortex or striatum (two-way repeated measures ANOVA with Sidak’s post hoc analysis).