Figure 6
Diverse microglia morphologies in the days following diffuse brain injury. Fractal dimension (Db), endpoints/cell, and span ratio data were averaged for each region and time for Pearson’s correlation (n = 10). The figure summarizes the relationship between all three variables with exemplars of microglia for data points. Fractal dimension (DB) is inversely related to span ratio (r = −0.69, p = 0.03) (r = 0.55, p = 0.10); endpoints/cell is not significantly correlated to span ratio (r = 0.58, p = 0.08). Four groupings emerge: Ramified, ramified and hyper-complex, de-ramified and de-ramified and rod. Fractal dimension was inversely related to span ratio but not endpoints/cell.
