Area of cell body size (μm2) Absolute (F) and Controls F relative (%) % frequency of Diabetics F neurons/group % <100 14 2.8 24 4.8 100-200 186 37.2 311 62.2 201-300 212 42.4 144 28.8 301-400 74 14.8 21 4.2 401-500 11 2.2 - - > 501 3 0.6 - - Total 500 100 500 100

Table 32: Changes of absolute (F) and relative (%) frequency of NADH-diaphorase positive myenteric neurons classified according to the area of their cellular body profiles in the ileum of diabetic rats (n=5 per group) 15 weeks after induction of the disease with streptozotocin (according to Alves et al. [505]; with own modification).