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. 2003 Aug 6;23(18):7183–7193. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-18-07183.2003

Table 4.

Observed and expected distributions of gold particles in compartments of pyramidal neurons and CPrP cells, relative labeling index, and χ2 valuesa


Compartments

Number of observed gold particles, no

Number of grid points, P

Normalized number of expected gold particles, ne = P(total no/total P)

Relative labeling index, no/ne

Partial χ2 values, (no - ne)2/ne
Pyramidal neurons
Nucleus 11 421 181 0.06 160
Mitochondria 5 69 30 0.24 20
Cytosol 13 799 344 0.04 318
CPrP cells
Nucleus 26 227 98 0.27 51
Mitochondria 27 105 45 0.6 7.2
Cytosol 908 678 292 3.12b 1308b
Totals
990
2299
990
1
1864.2c
a

The values were quantified for 10 cells in each category.

b

Indicates compartment is preferentially labeled.

c

The distribution is nonrandom, with p < 0.001.