Research Article

Virus Infections on Prion Diseased Mice Exacerbate Inflammatory Microglial Response

Table 4

CA1 microglial numbers in the stratum radiatum of CA1 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 radiatum of CA1
SubjectsThickness (μm)CE (Scheaffer)

NBH
NBHVII-27877.1729.20.05
NBHVII-35718.7618.20.06
NBHVII-46755.6719.00.05
Mean678422.10.05
SD1079
CV20.025
CE20.003
CE2/CV20.113
CVB20.022
CVB2 (% CV2)89

NBH+VIRUS
NBHV-38560.4318.80.05
NBHVI-15478.3215.00.05
NBHVI-26818.4717.50.05
NBHVI-48078.0818.10.04
Mean723417.40.05
SD1382
CV20.036
CE20.002
CE2/CV20.064
CVB20.034
CVB2 (% CV2)93.6

ME7
ME7IX-112363.6222.50.05
ME7IX-411988.1715.90.04
ME7X-215181.1519.40.04
ME7X-48953.7322.60.06
Mean1212220.10.05
SD2548
CV20.044
CE20.002
CE2/CV20.053
CVB20.042
CVB2 (% CV2)95

ME7+VIRUS
ME7VII-128541.4721.90.04
ME7VII-419120.8415.20.04
ME7VIII-121131.2221.40.04
ME7VIII-41776920.80.05
Mean2164119.80.04
SD4803
CV20.049
CE20.002
CE2/CV20.034
CVB20.048
CVB2 (% CV2)97

CVB2 = (CV, coefficient of variation; CE, Scheaffer coefficient of error; CVB, biological variation coefficient).