Treated nerves | Control nerves | ||||||
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Saline | BHCl | LB | Saline | BHCl | LB | ||
Fibre density (mm− 2) | Diabetic | 23724 (6888) | 22862 (4349)† | 30259 (8511) | 26232 (4743) | 31717 (8258) | 23347 (2872) |
Nondiabetic | 22492 (4881) | 21582 (6144)†† | 21983 (3408) | 25969 (2950) | 29522 (3558) | 25906 (5004) | |
Large fibre area per total area | Diabetic | 65.20 (2.54) | 62.63 (7.00) | 64.03 (2.50) | 67.93 (1.39) | 64.58 (3.00) | 67.64 (2.00) |
Nondiabetic | 66.91 (3.61) | 63.95 (6.46) | 65.71 (2.53) | 65.87 (2.39) | 65.19 (2.86) | 67.72 (1.90) | |
Large fibre diameter (µm) | Diabetic | 5.58 (0.65) | 5.58 (0.54)† | 4.97 (0.72) | 5.37 (0.48) | 4.81 (0.68) | 5.62 (0.29) |
Nondiabetic | 5.82 (0.69) | 5.8 (0.75)†† | 5.68 (0.42) | 5.27 (0.38) | 4.94 (0.21) | 5.42 (0.59) | |
Axon diameter (µm) | Diabetic | 3.13 (0.41) | 3.53 (0.31)# †† | 2.79 (0.68) | 2.97 (0.55) | 2.85 (0.31) | 3.36 (0.32) |
Nondiabetic | 3.26 (0.49) | 3.55 (0.50)†† | 3.25 (0.17) | 2.98 (0.09) | 2.78 (0.16) | 3.04 (0.27) | |
Myelin width (µm) | Diabetic | 1.23 (0.18) | 1.01 (0.17)* | 1.09 (0.06) | 1.14 (0.12) | 1.06 (0.19) | 1.14 (0.09) |
Nondiabetic | 1.28 (0.19) | 1.12 (0.29)* | 1.21 (0.22) | 1.15 (0.20) | 1.08 (0.07) | 1.19 (0.20) | |
G-ratio (axon diameter/large fibre diameter) | Diabetic | 0.56 (0.03) | 0.63 (0.04)** ## | 0.56 (0.06) | 0.55 (0.06) | 0.60 (0.09) | 0.60 (0.04) |
Nondiabetic | 0.56 (0.04) | 0.62 (0.06)** ## | 0.58 (0.05) | 0.57 (0.04) | 0.56 (0.02) | 0.56 (0.03) |