Effects of combined pre- and post-natal protein deprivation on the myenteric plexus of the esophagus of weanling rats: A histochemical, quantitative and ultrastructural study

Table 1 Total esophageal area, neuronal density, estimated total number of neurons and neuronal cell profile of normally fed (N) and protein-deprived (D) rats (means ± SD)

	NADH		NADPH
	N21	D21	N21	D21
Esophageal area (mm2)	191.6 ± 4.0a	145.4 ± 5.8	198.2 ± 9.3a	150.2 ± 9.9
Neuronal density (/mm2)	2.7 ± 0.7	2.5 ± 1.1	2.5 ± 0.3	1.7 ± 0.8
Total number of neurons	521 ± 143	372 ± 168	489 ± 60a	257 ± 114
Neuronal profile (μm2)	444.1 ± 86.3	391.1 ± 50.1	475.7 ± 82.3	399.0 ± 49.0

aP＜0.05 vs D21