Table 1.

Mitotic TSCs in six rat soleus muscles partially denervated for 3 d and injected with BrdU 30 min before rats were killed

	Innervated endplates without bridges		Innervated endplates with bridges		Ratio of innervated to denervated endplates
	Total	Number and percent (%) with BrdU label	Total	Number and percent (%) with BrdU label
1	29	2  (7)	13	6  (46)	42:202  (0.21)
2	146	13  (9)	27	8  (30)	173:159  (1.09)
3	39	1  (3)	9	1  (11)	48:243  (0.20)
4	22	6  (27)	12	3  (25)	34:294  (0.11)
5	119	9  (8)	19	4  (21)	138:144  (0.96)
6	44	2  (5)	15	7  (47)	59:310  (0.19)
Total	399	33  (8)	95	29  (31)

No BrdU-labeled nuclei were seen at denervated endplates, even those associated with bridges.