Table 1.

ECLIA measurements on SC tissue

Case/side	Type of injection	pg BDNF/mg SC	Total BDNF/SC (pg)	Exogenous BDNF (ng)
No injection
C 1-L	None	46.04	164
C 1-R	None	44.38	158
C 2-L	None	39.36	141
C 2-R	None	45.22	161
C 3-L	None	37.68	135
C 3-R	None	35.54	127
C 4-L	None	46.73	167
C 4-R	None	62.10	222
C 5-L	None	32.92	118
C 5-R	None	38.57	138
C 6-L	None	40.10	143
C 6-R	None	42.43	151
Mean L ± SD		40.47  ± 5.22	144.67  ± 18.40
Mean R ± SD		44.71  ± 9.27	159.50  ± 33.17
Vehicle injection (12 hr)
BSA 1-L	None	43.28	155
BSA 1-R	BSA	43.29	155
BSA 2-L	None	41.38	148
BSA 2-R	BSA	46.56	166
BSA 3-L	None	40.52	145
BSA 3-R	BSA	47.64	170
Mean L ± SD		41.73  ± 1.41	149  ± 5
Mean R ± SD		45.83  ± 2.26	164  ± 8
BDNF injection (12 hr)
BDNF 1-L	None	352	1257	1.10
BDNF 1-R	BDNF	4104	14651	14.50
BDNF 2-L	None	548	1956	1.80
BDNF 2-R	BDNF	4954	17686	17.53
BDNF 3-L	None	1007	3595	3.44
BDNF 3-R	BDNF	5719	20417	20.26
BDNF 4-L	None	1022	3649	3.50
BDNF 4-R	BDNF	4253	15183	15.03
BDNF 5-L	None	922	3292	3.14
BDNF 5-R	BDNF	2592	9253	9.10
BDNF 6-L	None	217	775	0.62
BDNF 6-R	BDNF	1749	6244	6.09
BDNF 7-L	None	145	518	0.37
BDNF 7-R	BDNF	6649	23737	23.58
Mean L ± SD		602  ± 380	2149  ± 1356	2.00  ± 1.36
Mean R ± SD		4289  ± 1704	15310  ± 6084	15.16  ± 6.08
BDNF injection (0 hr)
BDNF 8-L	None	390	1392	1.24
BDNF 8-R	BDNF	22399	79964	79.81
BDNF 9-L	None	281	1003	0.85
BDNF 9-R	BDNF	21850	78005	77.85
Mean L ± SD		336  ± 77	1198  ± 275	1.04  ± 0.28
Mean R ± SD		22124  ± 388	78984  ± 1385	78.83  ± 1.38

Measurements of total BDNF in one SC assume that all SC are of average weight (3.57 mg).