Table 2.

Summary of pair comparison tests*

Developmental profile of microglia and phagocytic cups
P7P10P12P14P17P21
aTotal microgliacompared with P5t(6) = 4.534t(6) = 4.534
d = 3.70		t(6) = 1.277t(6) = 1.782t(6) = 4.534
d = 3.70		t(6) = 4.534
d = 3.70
bAmoeboid microgliacompared with P5t(6) = 1.330t(6) = 2.621
d = 2.14		t(6) = 3.845
d = 3.13		t(6) = 4.045
d = 3.30		t(6) = 4.043
d = 3.30		t(6) = 4.044
d = 3.30
cStout microgliacompared with P5t(6) = 0.395t(6) = 1.886t(6) = 6.416
d = 5.23		t(6) = 7.634
d = 6.23		t(6) = 8.654
d = 7.06		t(6) = 8.373
d = 6.83
dMicroglia with thick processescompared with P5t(6) = 2.659
d = 2.17		t(6) = 7.858
d = 6.41		t(6) = 8.657
d = 7.06		t(6) = 5.344
d = 4.36		t(6) = 1.926t(6) = 1.574
eMicroglia with thin processescompared with P5t(6) = 1.000t(6) = 5.078
d = 4.14		t(6) = 3.352
d = 2.73		t(6) = 4.653
d = 3.79		t(6) = 25.466
d = 20.79		t(6) = 31.079
d = 25.37
fPhagocytic cupcompared with P17P5
t(6) = 29.336
d = 23.95		P7
t(6) = 26.068
d = 21.28		P10
t(6) = 24.687
d = 20.15		P12
t(6) = 20.255
d = 16.53		P14
t(6) = 11.571
d = 9.44		P21
t(6) = 15.762
d = 12.86
Microglia and phagocytic cups in the ML and GL during postnatal development
gTotal microgliacompared with MLGL
t(10) = 3.356
d = 2.12		GL
t(10) = 2.640
d = 1.66		GL
t(10) = 3.160
d = 1.99		GL
t(10) = 7.438
d = 4.70
hAmoeboid microgliacompared with MLGL
t(10) = 1.226		GL
t(10) = 0.049		GL
t(10) = 1.000		GL
t(10) = 0.139
iStoutmicrogliacompared with MLGL
t(10) = 5.209
d = 3.29		GL
t(10) = 1.192		GL
t(10) = 3.354
d = 2.12		GL
t(10) = 8.846
d = 5.59
jMicroglia with thick processescompared with MLGL
t(10) = 1.703		GL
t(10) = 1.326		GL
t(10) = 0.601		GL
t(10) = 1.003
kMicroglia with thin processescompared with MLGL
t(10) = 0.604		GL
t(10) = 0.116		GL
t(10) = 2.191
d = 1.38		GL
t(10) = 6.186
d = 3.91
lPhagocytic cupcompared with MLGL
t(10) = 4.013
d = 2.53		GL
t(10) = 2.400
d = 1.51		GL
t(10) = 6.814
d = 4.30		GL
t(10) = 2.279
d = 1.44
Microglial phagocytic activity during the third postnatal week of development
P15P16P18P19
mPhagocytic cupcompared with GL
P17		GL
t(10) = 3.978
d = 2.51		GL
t(10) = 2.198
d = 1.39		GL
t(10) = 0.568		GL
t(10) = 0.518
mPhagocytic cupcompared with ML
P17		ML
t(10) = 1.499		ML
t(10) = 0.029		ML
t(10) = 1.300		ML
t(10) = 2.313
d = 1.46
P15P16P17P18P19
mPhagocytic cupcompared with the MLGL
t(10) = 0.757		GL
t(10) = 3.052
d = 1.93		GL
t(10) = 4.091
d = 2.58		GL
t(10) = 7.765
d = 4.91		GL
t(10) = 3.348
d = 2.11
Phagocytic cup size during the third postnatal week of development
P10P14P21
nPhagocytic cupcompared with
P17		t(10) = 2.037
d = 1.28		t(14) = 5.262
d = 2.81		t(14) = 3.547
d = 1.73
Pyknotic bodies in the GL than the ML during postnatal development
P5P14P17P21
pPyknotic bodiescompared with GL
P7		GL
t(8) = 0.328		GL
t(8) = 34.179
d = 24.16		GL
t(8) = 25.394
d = 17.95		GL
t(8) = 39.642
d = 28.03
pPyknotic bodiescompared with ML
P7		ML
t(8) = 1.401		ML
t(8) = 0.416		ML
t(8) = 0.729		ML
t(8) = 0.939
P5P7P14P17P21
pPyknotic bodiescompared with MLGL
t(10) = 7.163
d = 4.53		GL
t(6) = 19.461
d = 15.88		GL
t(10) = 1.628		GL
t(10) = 0.100		GL
t(10) = 1.392
Sex differences in microglia morphology on P17 cerebellum
GLML
q/uAmoeboid microgliacompared with femalesmales
t(4) = 0.000		males
t(4) = 1.000
r/vStout microgliacompared with femalesmales
t(4) = 1.278		males
t(4) = 0.496
s/wMicroglia with thick processescompared with femalesmales
t(4) = 1.920		males
t(4) = 1.683
t/xMicroglia with thin processescompared with femalesmales
t(4) = 3.445
d = 3.445		males
t(4) = 1.858
y/zPhagocytic cupcompared with femalesmales
t(4) = 1.044		males
t(4) = 1.726
aa/bbTotal microgliacompared with femalesmales
t(4) = 0.892		males
t(4) = 1.323