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Table 3 Pre-synaptic ribbon counts per IHC in the 16, 24 and 32 kHz regions in male and female mice

From: The impact of biological sex on the response to noise and otoprotective therapies against acoustic injury in mice

 

Total IHC ribbons

16 kHz location

24 kHz location

32 kHz location

Males

Female

p value

Males

Females

p value

Males

Females

p value

Controls

15.00 ± 0.72

15.86 ± 0.53

0.34

16.16 ± 0.78

15.85 ± 0.61

0.76

15.60 ± 0.98

13.78 ± 0.92

0.20

DMSO + Noise

15.25 ± 0.86

14.60 ± 0.87

0.60

11.38 ± 0.74

11.95 ± 0.95

0.64

7.65 ± 0.88

8.11 ± 0.78

0.71

  1. ± represent S.E.M. (unpaired t test to compare males versus females)