BMC Neuroscience

Table 1 ENaC- and gustducin-positive cell across total taste bud cells per sections

From: Effects of dietary Na⁺ deprivation on epithelial Na⁺ channel (ENaC), BDNF, and TrkB mRNA expression in the rat tongue

	Fungiform papilla		Vallate papilla		Foliate papilla
ratio ± SEM	control	Na⁺ deprived	control	Na⁺ deprived	control	Na⁺ deprived
	n = 3	n = 3	n = 3	n = 3	n = 3	n = 3
α ENaC	0.49 ± 0.040	0.53 ± 0.035	0.18 ± 0.016	0.15 ± 0.019	0.31 ± 0.026	0.27 ± 0.024
β ENaC	0.15 ± 0.015	0.17 ± 0.012	0.02 ± 0.007	0.03 ± 0.003	0.03 ± 0.004	0.03 ± 0.005
γ ENaC	0.15 ± 0.011	0.14 ± 0.016	0.01 ± 0.004	0.02 ± 0.003	0.01 ± 0.006	0.02 ± 0.005
gustducin	0.13 ± 0.017	0.11 ± 0.010	0.29 ± 0.034	0.26 ± 0.032	0.35 ± 0.046	0.37 ± 0.035

n indicates the number of animals used in the experiments.

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