TABLE 1.

Measurements of the morphological size and shape of CA₃ neurons.

CA3	Control	Diabetic	Piperine	Sitagliptin
Area	306.73 ± 13.96	266.40 ± 10.72*	279.15 ± 16.71	289.15 ± 15.60
Perimeter	115.44 ± 7.90	95.13 ± 7.58	103.23 ± 9.73	111.52 ± 7.20
Cell count	24.99 ± 0.21	17.66 ± 0.26**	22.43 ± 0.40**	23.03 ± 0.55**
Somatic aspect ratio	1.27 ± 0.042	1.40 ± 0.05	1.32 ± 0.04	1.29 ± 0.05
Somatic compactness	1.02 ± 0.03	1.09 ± 0.04	1.01 ± 0.06	1.00 ± 0.04
Somatic form factor	0.47 ± 0.08	0.79 ± 0.3	1.60 ± 0.98	0.48 ± 0.09
Area	1.08 ± 0.07	1.25 ± 0.10	1.14 ± 0.17	1.06 ± 0.09

Significance level *p value < 0.05, **p value < 0.01.