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Published in final edited form as: Acta Neuropathol. 2012 Sep 14;124(6):777–795. doi: 10.1007/s00401-012-1038-9

Table 1.

Morphological properties of neurons in early and advanced tauopathy

		EARLY			ADVANCED

		NT	TG	p value^*	NT	TG intact	p value^*	TG atrophic	p value^*
*Apical*
Total Length (µm)		2757 ± 163	2716 ± 117	ns	2688 ± 122	3104 ± 301	ns	1425 ± 132	< 0.001
Total Nodes (#)		24.2 ± 1.5	21.5 ± 1.2	ns	23.6 ± 1.2	26.6 ± 3.1	ns	13.8 ± 1.4	< 0.001
*Basal*
Total Length (µm)		2675 ± 108	2486 ± 240	ns	2781 ± 106	2764 ± 187	ns	2103 ± 185	0.001
Total Nodes (#)		23.4 ± 1.1	17.8 ± 1.7	0.002	22.5 ± 0.8	17.1 ± 1.2	0.002	16.2 ± 1.5	< 0.001
*Soma*
Volume (µm³)		1362 ± 122	1545 ± 230	ns	1595 ± 105	2055 ± 166	ns	1723 ± 175	ns

^*

Fisher’s LSD test; NT vs. TG

ns, not significant

n: early- 23 NT, 18 TG neurons; advanced- 34 NT, 15 TG_intact, 21 TG_atrophic neurons