Table 1

Total number of FG and Brn3a labelled RGCs per retina in non-dystrophic and dystrophic RCS rats at different postnatal days

Marker	Non-dystrophic RCS				Dystrophic RCS
	FG
	P365		P540		P365		P450		P540
Rat	Left	Right	Left	Right	Left	Right	Left	Right	Left	Right
1	81 029	78 002	74 143	75 380	69 755	78 323	80 481	73 921	42 402	57 045
2	75 922	77 757	80 382	73 654	75 329	69 007	60 612	68 336	39 736	54 304
3	79 032	72 202	76 983	79 860	72 891	69 087	72 451	68 672	60 892	42 580
4	75 326	81 205			76 047	69 045	80 007	81 416	56 217	52 624
5					70 837	66 010	60 612	68 336	61 549	54 714
6					76 732	65 554	67 695	62 501	74 494	66 754
7					67 254	69 174			55 126	55 730
Mean±SD	77 827±2323	77 291±3238	77 169±2550	76 298±2615	72 692±3299	69 457±3897	70 309±8134	70 530±5881	55 730±11 000	54 735±6571
Mean±SD	77 599±2830		76 733±2619		71 074±3956		70 420±7098		55 232±9074*†

Marker	Non-dystrophic RCS				Dystrophic RCS
	Brn3a
	P365		P540		P365		P450		P540
Rat	Left	Right	Left	Right	Left	Right	Left	Right	Left	Right
1	81 074	79 849	80 305	80 190	75 129	74 315	83 619	79 597	74 524	59 893
2	80 607	83 165	78 259	79 158	77 454	81 118	71 323	79 788	71 523	71 562
3	80 523	78 892	79 126	78 950	72 605	69 637	69 905	78 511	66 819	69 345
4	78 224	78 892			78 564	71 368	79 785	71 323	68 878	69 361
5					75 915	82 194	76 037	76 937	71 895	69 384
6					81 530	81 456	76 657	73 228	77 744	72 906
7					81 223	78 392			71 134	70 838
Mean±SD	80 107±1107	80 199±1756	79 230±838	79 432±542	77 488±3007	76 925±4763	76 221±4682	76 564±3.217	71 788±3308	69 041±3937
Mean±SD	80 153±1468		79 331±713		77 207±3993		76 392±4020		70 414±3887*†

Number of RGCs quantified in each of the analysed retinas. The penultimate row shows the mean±SD of the left or right retinas. Because there were no differences among them, the last row shows the mean±SD of both retinas for each group.
*Statistically significant compared with control and previous postnatal times (Kruskal–Wallis test).
†Statistically significant when comparing between markers at the same postnatal time (Mann–Whitney test).
FG, Fluorogold; RCS, Royal College of Surgeons; RGC, retinal ganglion cell.