Table 2.
Serial section analysis of synaptic immunogold labeling for α7 nAChRs
Number of gold particles per synapse | 8.038 ± 0.467 (mean ± SEM) |
Range of gold particles per synapse | 0–42 |
Synaptic area (μm2) | 0.046 ± 0.001 |
Particle density over synapses (per μm2) | 184.01 ± 10.15* |
Particle density over background (per μm2) | 2.70 ± 0.78* |
p < 0.0001, Welch's ttest, two-tailed.