Virus Infections on Prion Diseased Mice Exacerbate Inflammatory Microglial Response
Table 3
CA1 microglial numbers from pyramidal cell layer from animals injected with normal brain homogenate (NBH) or NBH followed by Piry intranasal injection or with ME7 infected brain homogenate (ME7) or by ME7 followed by Piry virus intranasal injection.
Stratum pyramidale of CA1
Subjects
Thickness (μm)
CE (Scheaffer)
NBH
NBHVII-2
3681
28.5
0.05
NBHVII-3
2200
19.2
0.06
NBHVII-4
3357
19.2
0.05
Mean
3080
22.3
0.05
SD
779
CV2
0.064
CE2
0.003
CE2/CV2
0.041
CVB2
0.061
CVB2 (% CV2)
95.9
NBH+VIRUS
NBHV-3
3412.64
18.7
0.04
NBHVI-1
2506.66
15.1
0.05
NBHVI-2
2094.18
18.2
0.05
NBHVI-4
3634.26
18.1
0.05
Mean
2912
17.5
0.05
SD
732
CV2
0.063
CE2
0.002
CE2/CV2
0.035
CVB2
0.061
CVB2 (% CV2)
96.5
ME7
ME7IX-1
5631
22.5
0.04
ME7IX-4
4749
15.9
0.04
ME7X-2.
5625
20
0.04
ME7X-4
3507
24.1
0.05
Mean
4878
21
0.04
SD
1003
CV2
0.042
CE2
0.002
CE2/CV2
0.045
CVB2
0.040
CVB2 (% CV2)
95.5
ME7+VIRUS
ME7VII-1
10834
22.1
0.04
ME7VII-4
7375
15.3
0.03
ME7VIII-1
10240
23.8
0.04
ME7VIII-4
6202
20.5
0.04
Mean
8663
20.4
0.04
SD
2230
CV2
0.066
CE2
0.001
CE2/CV2
0.022
CVB2
0.065
CVB2 (% CV2)
97.8
CVB2 = (CV, coefficient of variation; CE, Scheaffer coefficient of error; CVB, biological variation coefficient).