Research Article

Virus Infections on Prion Diseased Mice Exacerbate Inflammatory Microglial Response

Table 5

CA1 microglial numbers from lacunosum molecular 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.

Lacunosum molecular of CA1
SubjectsThickness (μm)CE (Scheaffer)

NBH
NBHVII-28326.0134.40.06
NBHVII-35533.1118.50.06
NBHVII-48070.4919.80.05
Mean731024.20.06
SD1544
CV20.045
CE20.003
CE2/CV20.071
CVB20.041
CVB2 (% CV2)92.9

NBH+VIRUS
NBHV-3887120.20.048
NBHVI-1496915.60.059
NBHVI-2456218.40.066
NBHVI-4578419.30.058
Mean604718.40.058
SD1950
CV20.104
CE20.003
CE2/CV20.032
CVB20.101
CVB2 (% CV2)96.8

ME7
ME7IX-11039924.50.05
ME7IX-4876416.70.05
ME7X-2.828121.30.06
ME7X-4617623.90.07
Mean840521.60.06
SD1741
CV20.043
CE20.003
CE2/CV20.074
CVB20.040
CVB2 (% CV2)92.6

ME7+VIRUS
ME7VII-11741222.90.04
ME7VII-41085315.90.04
ME7VIII-11532021.10.04
ME7VIII-4999322.70.06
Mean1339520.70.05
SD3553
CV20.070
CE20.002
CE2/CV20.031
CVB20.068
CVB2 (% CV2)96.9

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