Research Article

Safety of the Transcranial Focal Electrical Stimulation via Tripolar Concentric Ring Electrodes for Hippocampal CA3 Subregion Neurons in Rats

Table 1

Full factorial design of analysis of variance with the neuronal counting results.

GroupCategorical factorsNumber of neurons per μm2 (mean ± standard error)
A: presence of TFSB: time delay after the last TFS applicationC: number of TFS applications

1TFS treated24 hours14785 ± 90.8
2Control24 hours14862.5 ± 100.6
3TFS treated1 week14805 ± 91.8
4Control1 week14847.5 ± 84.2
5TFS treated1 month14925 ± 74.3
6Control1 month14842.5 ± 74.4
7TFS treated24 hours54835 ± 96
8Control24 hours54812.5 ± 67.8
9TFS treated1 week54917.5 ± 138.9
10Control1 week54800 ± 119.3
11TFS treated1 month54800 ± 49.5
12Control1 month54785 ± 68.3