Table 4.
Number, volume, and packing density of neurons in VPL thalamic nucleus of monkeys after chronic dorsal rhizotomies
| Case | Survival time (years) | Neuronn | Neuron volume (μm3) | Neuron density (n/mm3) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intact | Deafferented | Intact | Deafferented | Intact | Deafferented | ||
| 1 | 12.8 | 159,987.85 | 136,995.96 | 4,700 | 3,950 | 64 × 103 | 81 × 103 |
| 2 | 13.7 | 164,962.50 | 138,924.38 | 4,500 | 4,000 | 62 × 103 | 78 × 103 |
| 7 | 21.2 | 178,224.95 | 141,675.91 | 6,350 | 4,970 | 62 × 103 | 79 × 103 |
| Mean | 167,725.10 | 139,198.75 | 5,183 | 4,306 | 63 × 103 | 79 × 103 | |
| SD | 6,997.28 | 1,515.61 | 1,015 | 575 | 4 × 103 | 8 × 103 | |