Table 1.

Numbers of rats used in different experiments

Experiment	Sample size	Groups (n)	Samples (n)	Rats (n)
Behavioral test	6–12 rats	29	235 rats	235
TdT-Fluor apoptosis	2–4 rats	4	12 rats	12
Immunohistochemistry	4–6 rats	13	55 rats	55
Western blot	4–8 rats	15	60 rats	60
ATP measure in CSF	4–6 rats	2	10 rats	10
Extracellular recording	6–25 neurons	7	111 neurons	69
Patch-clamp recording	8–10 neurons	4	30 neurons	20
Total number of rats				461

A total of 461 female Wistar rats were used in this study.