Table 4B.
Effect of 6 weeks of Ocimum sanctum treatment on 6 week-stressed rats- Substantia nigral neurons– dendritic intersections and processes.
| Groups | n | Distance from soma (μ) |
No. of dendritic processes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 40 | 60 | 80 | 100 | |||
| Normal Control (NC) | 6 | 3.45 ± 0.3 |
5.56 ± 0.54 |
5.83 ± 0.71 |
5.41 ± 0.79 |
4.68 ± 0.4 |
3.05 ± 0.22 |
| Stress + Saline (S→S) | 6 | 3.11 ± 0.33 |
4.43 ∗∗ ± 0.23 |
4.66 ∗∗ ± 0.19 |
4.33 ∗ ± 0.54 |
3.68 ∗ ± 0.75 |
2.83 ± 0.2 |
| Stress+2 ml OSE (S+2-OSE) | 6 | 3.75 a ± 0.28 |
5.51 aa ± 0.36 |
6.21 aaa ± 0.29 |
5.28 a ± 0.6 |
4.5 ± 0.78 |
3.06 ± 0.19 |
| Stress+4 ml OSE (S+4-OSE) | 6 | 4.0 # bb ± 0.65 |
5.95 bbb ± 0.64 |
6.53 bbb ± 0.57 |
5.76 bb ± 0.83 |
4.78 b ± 0.76 |
3.26 bb ± 0.26 |
| F value | 5.06 | 11.54 | 16.86 | 4.56 | 3.14 | 3.85 | |
| P value | P < 0.01 | P < 0.001 | P < 0.0001 | P < 0.05 | P < 0.05 | P < 0.05 | |
Each value represents Mean ± SD; n = number of rats, NC vs. S + S: ∗P < 0.05, ∗∗P < 0.01; NC vs. S+4-OSE: #P < 0.05; S + S vs. S+2-OSE: a P < 0.05, aa P < 0.01, aaa P < 0.001; S + S vs. S+4-OSE: b P < 0.05, bb P < 0.01, bbb P < 0.001; (One way ANOVA, Bonferroni's test).