TABLE 3.
Morphoquantitative analyses of the total myenteric neuronal population in the duodenum, jejunum, and ileum of the Wistar and GK groups
| Duodenum | Jejunum | Ileum | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ileum | GK | Wistar | GK | Wistar | GK | |
| Myenteric neuronal density (mm2) a | 492 ± 23 | 480 ± 13 | 483 ± 16 | 496 ± 19 | 435 ± 7 | 438 ± 40 |
| Neuronal body area (μm2) b | 265 (215; 326) | 365**** (300; 428) | 165 (135; 207) | 365**** (302; 423) | 228 (197; 276) | 320**** (265; 400) |
| Myenteric neuronal density per ganglion a | 23 ± 0.7 | 24 ± 0.7 | 23 ± 1.0 | 20 ± 0.9 | 19 ± 0.5 | 20 ± 0.5 |
| Myenteric ganglion area (μm2) a | 11,612 ± 495 | 15,926 ± 396* | 11,410 ± 409 | 15,227 ± 510**** | 11,047 ± 339 | 14,590 ± 374**** |
a
Data are expressed as the mean ± SEM and comparisons were made using Student's t‐test.
b
Data are expressed as median percentiles (25%; 75%) and compared using the Mann–Whitney test.
*
p < 0.05;
****
p < 0.0001.