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. 2015 Mar 26;9:100. doi: 10.3389/fncel.2015.00100

Table 1.

Spine analysis parameters and results.

Genotype Range Mean Median Interquartile Range n (spines/animals)
PSD density WT 0.066–0.53 0.25 0.23 0.2–0.3 150 images/3
p = 0.049 fmr1-/y 0.066–0.72 0.32 0.3 0.23–0.39 150 images/3
PSD length WT 106–639 275 262 210–318 300/3
p = 0.42 fmr1-/y 124–659 289 273 216–346 300/3
Spine length WT 292–1783 856 801 664–1057 221/3
p = 0.001 fmr1-/y 339–2838 1030 1012 745–1255 224/3
Spine area WT 0.05–0.84 0.21 0.18 0.12–0.29 221/3
p = 0.157 fmr1-/y 0.03–0.82 0.28 0.25 0.17–0.35 224/3
Neck length WT 68–1319 518 484 334–646 221/3
p = 0.0003 fmr1-/y 122–2072 685 656 411–873 224/3
Neck area WT 0.01–0.3 0.099 0.087 0.05–0.13 221/3
p = 0.031 fmr1-/y 0.009–0.45 0.13 0.11 0.08–0.17 224/3
Neck width WT 35–351 136 121 89–166 221/3
p = 0.79 fmr1-/y 23–384 133 113 82–162 224/3
Head length WT 122–932 338 299 229–421 221/3
p = 0.68 fmr1-/y 112–1046 346 243 243–413 224/3
Head area WT 0.017–0.66 0.12 0.089 0.05–0.17 221/3
p = 0.48 fmr1-/y 0.011–0.67 0.14 0.1 0.06–0.18 224/3

Length in nm, area in um2 and density in PSD/um2.