Table 3.

Quantification of the morphological subtypes of microglia.

	Control (cells/mm2)	%	AD	%	P‐value
			PVC
Total Microglia	140.7 ± 45.2		139.6 ± 43.1		0.95
Ramified microglia	55.3 ± 34	39.3	39.5 ± 25	28.3	0.26
Activated microglia	55 ± 29.3	39.1	64 ± 27.4	45.8	0.48
Dystrophic microglia	30.4 ± 17.3	21.6	36 ± 19.9	25.8	0.48
Microglial clusters	0.7 ± 1.9		2.8 ± 2.3		0.03
			SFC
Total Microglia	188.4 ± 59.6		187.1 ± 62		0.96
Ramified microglia	70.8 ± 36.9	37.6	49.1 ± 23.8	26.2	0.15
Activated microglia	81.6 ± 47	43.3	90.4 ± 42.9	48.3	0.67
Dystrophic microglia	36 ± 23.4	19.1	47.6 ± 24.3	25.4	0.28
Microglial clusters	0.8 ± 1.1		3.2 ± 3		0.05
			ITC
Total Microglia	205 ± 66		128 ± 52.2		0.01
Ramified microglia	77.3 ± 47.2	37.7	13.8 ± 8.9	10.8	0.001
Activated microglia	86.6 ± 42.4	42.2	70.6 ± 60.4	55.2	0.46
Dystrophic microglia	41.1 ± 23.3	20.0	43.7 ± 30.5	34.1	0.82
Microglial clusters	1.1 ± 1.3		1.9 ± 2.1		0.28