Table 2

Anatomical properties of dorsal and ventral PV BCs

DorsalVentralp value
Dendrites
    Total dendritic length (μm)4828.4 ± 328.6 (22)4357.8 ± 343.2 (21)0.29
    Lateral extent (μm)418.1 ± 25.2 (21)429.5 ± 27.5 (19)0.59
    Vertical extent (μm)425.9 ± 22.6 (21)402.5 ± 30.8 (19)0.46
    Dendritic field (μm2)184 609 ± 15 815 (21)181 726 ± 22 509 (19)0.92
Axon
    Total axonal length (μm)12,919 ± 1737 (21)16,332 ± 2418 (19)0.35
    Lateral extent (μm)411.5 ± 31.0 (21)430.5 ± 30.9 (19)0.67
    Vertical extent (μm)377.4 ± 27.3 (21)421.3 ± 37.0 (19)0.34
    Axonal field (μm2)158,754 ± 14,854 (21)189,212 ± 22,513 (19)0.43
    Varicosity density (1/μm)0.41 ± 0.01 (10)0.30 ± 0.01 (10)<0.0001
  • Results shown as mean ± SEM; the numbers of analyzed neurons are shown in parenthesis.