Table 4C.
Effect of 6 weeks of Ocimum sanctum treatment on 6 week-stressed rats- Substantia nigral neurons – dendritic branching points.
| Groups | n | Concentric zones |
Total dendritic branching points | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-20 μ | 20-40 μ | 40-60 μ | 60-80 μ | 80-100 μ | |||
| Normal Control (NC) | 6 | 0.51 ± 0.18 |
2.35 ± 0.37 |
1.46 ± 0.25 |
0.86 ± 0.28 |
0.55 ± 0.12 |
5.75 ± 0.76 |
| Stress + Saline (S + S) | 6 | 0.38 ± 0.075 |
1.35 ∗∗∗ ± 0.25 |
1.2 ± 0.24 |
0.56 ± 0.18 |
0.23 ∗ ± 0.15 |
3.73 ∗∗∗ ± 0.45 |
| Stress+2 ml OSE (S+2-OSE) | 6 | 0.56 ± 0.12 |
2.46 aaa ± 0.38 |
1.86 a ± 0.41 |
0.78 ± 0.13 |
0.5 ± 0.3 |
6.16 aaaa ± 0.74 |
| Stress+4 ml OSE (S+4-OSE) | 6 | 0.71 b ± 0.3 |
2.53 bbb ± 0.28 |
1.83 b ± 0.59 |
0.76 ± 0.46 |
0.65 bb ± 0.26 |
6.48 bbbb ± 0.58 |
| F value | 3.13 | 17.4 | 3.76 | 1.15 | 3.97 | 22.05 | |
| P value | P < 0.05 | P < 0.0001 | P < 0.05 | NS | NS | P < 0.0001 | |
Each value represents Mean ± SD; n = number of rats, NC vs. S + S: ∗P < 0.05, ∗∗∗P < 0.001; S + S vs. S+2-OSE: a P < 0.05, aaa P < 0.001, aaaa P < 0.0001; S + S vs. S+4-OSE: b P < 0.05, bb P < 0.01, bbb P < 0.001, bbbb P < 0.0001; (One way ANOVA, Bonferroni's test).