| Measure | Data structure | Type of test | Power |
a (
Fig. 1J) | Bdnf expression, epithelium | Normally distributed | 2 X 4 ANOVA, Tukey post hoc | 0.999 |
b (
Fig.1K) | Bdnf expression, ganglion | Normally distributed | 2 X 4 ANOVA, Tukey post hoc | 0.995 |
c | Body weight | Normally distributed | 2 X 4 ANOVA | 0.999 |
d | Ntf3- expression, epithelium | Normally distributed | one-way ANOVA | 0.625 |
e | Ntf4-expression, epithelium | Normally distributed | one-way ANOVA | 0.36 |
f (
Fig. 2A) | Geniculate ganglion number | Normally distributed | 2 X 4 ANOVA | 0.876 |
g (
Fig. 2B) | Taste bud number | Normally distributed | 2 X 4 ANOVA | 0.891 |
h. (
Fig 2C) | Geniculate ganglion neuron size | Normally distributed | one- way ANOVA | 0.985 |
i (
Fig. 3Q) | P2X3 label volume | Normally distributed | 2 X 4 ANOVA, Tukey post hoc | 0.999 |
j | P2X3 expression | Normally distributed | one-way ANOVA | 0.642 |
k (
Fig. 3R) | Tuj1 label volume | Normally distributed | 2 X 4 ANOVA, Tukey post hoc | 0.99 |
l (
Fig. 4E) | Taste bud volume | Normally distributed | 2 X 4 ANOVA, Tukey post hoc | 0.95 |
m (
Fig 4F) | No. of cells/bud | Normally distributed | 2 X 4 ANOVA, Tukey post hoc | 0.95 |
n | PLCĪ²2-cell number | Normally distributed | t-test | 0.636 |
o | Car4-positive taste cell number | Normally distributed | t-test | 0.844 |
p | Cytokeratin-8- positive taste cell number | Normally distributed | t-test | 0.966 |
q (
Fig. 6A) | P2X3-label X taste bud volume | X,Y | Pearson product-moment correlation | 0.999 |
r (
Fig. 6B) | P2X3-label X taste bud cell number | X,Y | Pearson product-moment correlation | 0.999 |
s (
Fig. 6C) | TUJ1-label X taste bud volume | X,Y | Pearson product-moment correlation | 0.999 |
t (
Fig. 6D) | TUJ1-label X taste cell number | X,Y | Pearson product-moment correlation | 0.999 |
u (
Fig. 7F) | Bdnf-expression | Normally distributed | one-way ANOVA | 0.995 |
v (
Fig 8G) | P2X3-label volume | Normally distributed | one-way ANOVA | 0.97 |
w (
Fig. 8H) | Taste bud volume | Normally distributed | one-way ANOVA | 0.153 |