Table 2.

Quantification of rabies-labeled presynaptic inputs to dentate granule cells

Starter neuronDG GCLDG MLDG HilusCA1 non-SPCA3a SPCA3a non-SPCA3b SPCA3b non-SPCA3c SPCA3c non-SPPRhLEntmEntMS-DBSubicu-lumSuMRaphe
A. Individual case summary
Case 1711 (a total of 2421 neuron counts)
Number of neurons1282310261131252480243374012852861828151
CSI0.180.082.040.100.980.190.630.190.260.050.3110.042.231.420.060.120.01
% of total labeling0.950.4110.780.545.160.993.300.991.360.291.6553.0811.817.520.330.620.04
Case 1713 (a total of 1810 neuron counts)
Number of neurons119187168184883424129731048165161872
CSI0.150.061.410.130.400.070.290.200.100.080.618.811.391.350.070.060.02
% of total labeling0.990.399.2812.650.441.881.330.660.504.0357.909.128.900.440.390.11
Case 1868 (a total of 3192 neuron counts)
Number of neurons228351642129147299635531777166931519610355
CSI0.150.071.850.130.640.130.420.150.230.070.347.321.380.860.040.150.02
% of total labeling1.100.5013.190.914.610.913.011.101.660.532.4152.299.876.140.311.100.16
Case 1867 (a total of 1441 neuron counts)
Number of neurons881511137286329392432642693198106470
CSI0.170.131.560.300.720.330.440.270.360.070.487.882.251.200.050.080.00
% of total labeling1.040.769.511.944.372.012.711.672.220.422.9148.0913.747.360.280.490.00
Case 1864 (a total of 509 neuron counts)
Number of neurons32574581751047292696652120
CSI0.160.221.410.250.530.160.310.130.220.060.288.412.061.630.030.060.00
% of total labeling0.981.388.841.573.340.981.960.791.380.391.7752.8512.9710.220.200.390.00
B. Summary data of all 5 cases
DG GCLDG MLDG HilusCA1 non-SPCA3a SPCA3a non-SPCA3b SPCA3b non-SPCA3c SPCA3c non-SPPRhLEntmEntMS-DBSubicu-lumSuMRaphe
CSI (Mean)0.160.111.650.180.650.170.420.190.230.070.408.491.861.290.050.090.01
SE0.010.030.130.040.100.040.060.030.040.000.060.460.200.130.010.020.00
% of total labeling1.010.6910.321.194.031.072.571.171.460.432.5652.8411.508.030.310.600.06
SE0.030.180.790.250.450.260.280.150.250.040.431.560.880.700.040.130.03
  • As every one in three sections across the whole brain series were used for mapping rabies-labeled presynaptic neurons of targeted dentate granule cells, the actual total number of labeled neurons in each case would be estimated three times of the total neuron counts listed in the table. The labeled neurons are predominantly distributed in the ipsilateral hemisphere. The neuronal count for each structure in each case is pooled from both hemispheres if there are any labeled neurons in the contralateral hemisphere. The percentage of total labeled neurons is calculated as the percentage of the number of labeled presynaptic neurons in a specified structure versus the overall total presynaptic neuron count in each case. The input CSI is defined as the ratio of the number of labeled presynaptic neurons in a specified structure versus the number of starter neurons.

  • DG GCL, DG granule cell layer; DG ML, DG molecular layer; CA1 non-SP, CA1 nonpyramidal cell layers; CA3a-c SP, CA3a-c pyramidal cell layer; CA3a-c non-SP, CA3a-c nonpyramidal cell layer; LEnt, lateral EC; mEnt, medial EC; SuM, supramammillary nucleus; Raphe, raphe nuclei.