Research Article

Changes in Otx2 and Parvalbumin Immunoreactivity in the Superior Colliculus in the Platelet-Derived Growth Factor Receptor-β Knockout Mice

Table 2

Comparison of number of PV-IR cells in the SC between the control (C1–6) and PDGFR-β KO (K1–4) mice.

SC subfieldControlPDGFR- KO
No. of cells per sectionNo. of cells per section
C1C2C3C4C5C6Mean ± SDK1K2K3K4Mean ± SD%Change value

ZO4.09.85.39.27.08.0 5.89.57.27.7 4.2%0.804
SGR52.354.577.549.585.854.0 41.231.529.831.5 −46.2%0.007
OP76.066.278.871.787.365.5 43.538.545.340.5 −32.7%0.001
IGR33.023.528.323.024.824.3 15.816.515.513.5 −41.6%0.001
DL55.555.051.761.858.763.5 25.229.234.733.0 −47.1%0.001

For each layer of the SC, the mean numbers of cells per section in each animal are indicated. In each animal, 6 sections were examined. %Change and value indicate the %change from the control mice and statistical significance from the control mice (unpaired -test) in each layer. For abbreviations, see Table 1.