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Table 2 Percentages of neurons in laminae I-III that were galanin immunoreactive

From: Galanin-immunoreactivity identifies a distinct population of inhibitory interneurons in laminae I-III of the rat spinal cord

 

Number of neurons counted

galanin-immunoreactive cells

% of neurons that were galanin-immunoreactive

% of neurons that are GABA-immunoreactive*

Estimated % of GABA neurons that contain galanin

I

91.3 (80 - 97)

6 (5 - 8)

6.6 (5.2 - 8.2)

24.8

26.4

II

200 (175 - 220)

6 (4 - 8)

3.1 (1.8 - 4.6)

31.3

9.9

IIo

116.7 (99-127)

5.7 (4-7)

5 (3.2-7.1)

  

IIi

83.3 (76-96)

0.3 (0-1)

0.4 (0-1.3)

  

III

131.7 (104-155)

2.7 (1 - 5)

2 (0.7 - 3.2)

40.2

4.9

  1. In each case the mean values for the 3 animals are shown, with the range in brackets. * The percentages of neurons in each lamina that are GABA-immunoreactive are taken from the data for the L4-5 segmental levels of 3 naïve Sprague-Dawley rats examined by Polgár et al. [1].
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