Table 2.

Descriptive statistics of volume measurements (mm³) for the three species. (N is number of animals, n = number of sections per nucleus, age of animals indicated next to each species.)

nucleus	naked mole-rat (P335–390)		mouse (P71)		gerbil (P60–72)
	mean ± s.e.m.	N (n)	mean ± s.e.m.	N (n)	mean ± s.e.m.	N (n)
LSO	0.14 ± 0.006	2 (12–15)	0.076 ± 0.01	2 (7–11)	0.41 ± 0.02	2 (7–14)
MNTB	0.03 ± 0.003	2 (6–8)	0.06 ± 0.002	2 (11–13)	0.14 ± 0.009	2 (9–11)