Table 2.

DSAP lesion effect on counts of DbH-positive NST and VLM neurons

Medullary region	Number of DbH-positive NA neurons (average per section)		Loss of NA neurons in DSAP rats compared with sham controls
	Sham (n = 14)	DSAP (n = 22)
cNST	23.6 ± 1.2	7.1 ± 0.6*	69.9 ± 2.7%
mNST	45.7 ± 3.4	20.0 ± 1.6*	56.1 ± 3.4%
rNST	47.1 ± 4.0	24.5 ± 2.2*	47.9 ± 4.7%
Total NST	37.4 ± 1.7	14.3 ± 0.9*	58.9 ± 2.5%
cVLM	24.4 ± 1.6	6.5 ± 0.5*	73.5 ± 2.0%
mVLM	30.2 ± 1.8	9.1 ± 0.9*	70.0 ± 2.9%
rVLM	37.7 ± 1.7	13.2 ± 1.2*	64.9 ± 3.2%
Total VLM	29.9 ± 1.3	8.4 ± 0.6*	69.2 ± 2.2%

*Significantly less compared to NA cell counts in the same medullary region in sham controls (p < 0.001).