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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Mar 13.
Published in final edited form as: Neuroinformatics. 2008 Oct 24;6(3):241–252. doi: 10.1007/s12021-008-9030-1

Table 3.

Abridged examples of cell types included in NeuroMorpho.Org from different brain regions.

Region Cell class Number of neurons
Basal forebrain Medium spiny cell 233

Basal Ganglia Dopamine cell 4

Cerebellum Climbing fiber 2
Purkinje cell 10

Cerebral cortex Adapting non-pyramidal cell 1
Basket cell 64
Bipolar cell 6
Bitufted cell 47
Chandelier cell 4
Double bouquet cell 9
Martinotti cell 36
Neurogliaform cell 30
Neuropeptide Y (NPY) containing cell 11
Parvalbumin (PV) containing cell 8
Pyramidal cell 2509
Somatostatin (SOM) containing cell 33
Stellate cell 32
Von Economo 29

Dorsal Thalamus Relay cell 5

Hippocampus Calbindin (CB) containing cell 18
Calretinin (CR) containing cell 29
Cholecystokinin (CCK) containing cell 14
Granule cell 82

Olfactory bulb Uniglomerular projection neuron 233

Protocerebrum Lateral horn neuron 19

Retina Amacrine cell 1
Ganglion cell 64

Spinal cord Dorsal Spinocerebellar tract (DSCT) cell 8
la inhibitory cell 8
Motoneuron 100
Renshaw cell 4

Ventral Thalamus Modulated cell 12
Reticular cell 1

Visual Lobe Tangential cell 13