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Figure 5

From: Upregulation of excitatory neurons and downregulation of inhibitory neurons in barrel cortex are associated with loss of whisker inputs

Figure 5

A loss of whisker inputs leads to plastic changes in the spines of pyramidal neurons in the barrel cortices. A) Top panels show the images of dendrites (left) and spines (right) on pyramidal neurons from mice of controls (Con). Bottom panels show the images of dendrites (left) and spines (right) on pyramidal neurons from mice with whisker trimming (WT). B) Statistical analysis shows spines per 10 μm on apical dendrites from whisker-trimmed mice and controls (n=13, p<0.001). C) shows spines on basal dendrites from whisker-trimmed mice and controls (n=12, p=0.35).

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