Table 1.
Lost Synaptic Branches in vivo.
| Lost branches | 2–4 months |
4–6 months |
7–9 months |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SD | HFD ∗ | SD | HFD ✝ | SD | HFD ✝ | |
| 0–1 | 16 (80%) | 8 (24.2%) | 14 (66.6%) | 4 (13.8%) | 13 (40.6%) | 5 (17.2%) |
| 2–5 | 4 (20%) | 20 (60.6%) | 7 (33.3%) | 19 (65.5%) | 17 (53.1%) | 10 (34.5%) |
| >6 | 0 | 5 (15.1%) | 0 | 6 (20.7%) | 2 (6.2%) | 14 (48.3%) |
| TOTAL NMJs | 20 | 33 | 21 | 29 | 32 | 29 |
∗Indicates significance compared to age-matched Standard Diet (p<0.001),✝ Indicates significance compared to age-matched Standard Diet (p<0.0001). 3–4 mice per diet per start age.