Table 1: Numbers and average diameters of Abd motoneurons.
DM: diabetes mellitus, No: number (Average body weight and average blood glucose concentrations).
Data represented as mean ± SD: * represents = P < 0.05 (compared with control animals).
| Control Rat. No | 6WC (327.6–357.5 g, 142.8±18.6 mg/dL) | Control Rat. No | 14WC (379.6–434.0 g, 162.4 ± 24.3 mg/dL) |
| T13 | L1 | T13 | L1 |
| Number | Diameter (μm) | Number | Diameter (μm) | Number | Diameter (μm) | Number | Diameter (μm) |
| No. 1 | 262 | 36.8 (±8.0) | 314 | 37.1 (±8.3) | No. 6 | 290 | 40.0 (±7.9) | 250 | 40.5 (±7.8) |
| No. 2 | 266 | 39.5 (±8.2) | 308 | 38.6 (±8.1) | No. 7 | 299 | 38.1 (±8.5) | 318 | 37.0 (±7.5) |
| No. 3 | 289 | 41.8 (±8.2) | 251 | 35.9 (±8.0) | No. 8 | 260 | 39.9(±8.3) | 262 | 35.6 (±8.2) |
| No. 4 | 298 | 43.6 (±8.4) | 292 | 39.6 (±8.2) | No. 9 | 309 | 42.1(±8.4) | 293 | 37.3(±8.1) |
| No. 5 | 300 | 40.1 (±7.9) | 275 | 37.6(±7.7) | No. 10 | 319 | 41.4(±9.1) | 264 | 33.4(±8.4) |
| Mean | 283.0 (±17.9) | 40.4 (±2.5) | 288.0 (±25.6) | 37.8 (±1.4) | Mean | 295.4 (±22.6) | 40.3 (±1.5) | 277.4 (±27.7) | 36.8 (±2.6) |
| DM Rat. No | 6WD (175.2–227.0 g, 436.6 ± 40.7 mg/dl) | DM Rat. No | 14WD (140.6–188.0 g, 478.0 ± 51.9 mg/dl) |
| T13 | L1 | T13 | L1 |
| Number | Diameter (μm) | Number | Diameter (μm) | Number | Diameter (μm) | Number | Diameter (μm) |
| 11 | 173 | 35.5 (±5.2) | 184 | 32.1 (±6.3) | 16 | 181 | 30.3 (±5.2) | 172 | 30.3 (±7.3) |
| 12 | 174 | 37.7 (±6.3) | 180 | 36.7 (±5.9) | 17 | 218 | 33.7 (±5.9) | 176 | 34.7 (±7.0) |
| 13 | 161 | 36.0 (±8.2) | 182 | 33.3 (±6.5) | 18 | 225 | 34.3(±7.5) | 151 | 34.2(±6.5) |
| 14 | 304 | 39.6 (±7.6) | 212 | 35.7 (±6.8) | 19 | 307 | 37.6 (±8.0) | 250 | 33.8 (±6.7) |
| 15 | 293 | 34.9 (±7.3) | 204 | 35.3 (±7.4) | 20 | 272 | 34.4 (±7.6) | 250 | 33.7 (±5.9) |
| Mean | 221.0 (±71.0) | 36.7 (±1.9)* | 192.4 (±14.6)* | 34.6 (±1.9)* | Mean | 240.6 (±49.2) | 34.1(±2.6)* | 199.8 (±46.8)* | 33.3 (±1.7)* |