Table 1.

Morphological characteristics included in the model [data from Matsuda et al. (2009) and Moss and Bolam (2008, 2010)].

Average axonal length of DA neurons in striatum	466,800 μm
Range of axonal length of DA neurons in striatum	138,500–779,900 μm
Average inter-branch interval	31.2 ± 19.4 μm (mean ± SD)
Average fiber diameter (EM estimation)	0.34 ± 0.14 (mean ± SD)
Estimation of the number of branching points	4438–24,998
Estimation of the symmetrical synapses formed by one dopamine neurons in the striatum	100,000–250,000