Table 1.
Summary of somatic and dendritic characteristics of mouse and rat inverted and upright pyramidal cells. All data are reported as means ± standard error of the mean (SEM).
| Soma | Basilar Dendrites | Apical Dendrites | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perimeter ( m) |
Aspect ratio |
Nodes | Length (m) | Mean branch length (m) |
Surface area (m2) |
Diameter (m) |
Nodes | Length (m) |
Surface area (m2) |
|
| Mouse IPC | 44.7±1.27 | 1.53±0.05 | 4.36±0.46 | 496.04±54.95 * | 134.18±14.85* | 1684.45±153.17*† | 2.33± 0.19 | 3.86±0.57 | 400.14±62.40 * | 1540.54±220.98*† |
| Mouse UPC | 41.86±3.59 | 1.33±0.06 | 3.7±0.67 | 425.19±59.45 | 97.63±9.95 | 838.70±126.15 | 2.57± 0.10 | 3.90±0.92 | 325.30±41.07 | 728.91±91.98† |
| Rat IPC | 49.11±1.58† | 1.59±0.07 | 7.39±1.02 | 1037.97±117.28*† | 249.72±28.83*† | 3513.20±379.88*† | 2.54± 0.14 | 6.17±1.15 | 840.07±149.81*† | 2738.70±409.18*† |
| Rat UPC | 43.02±0.59† | 1.40±0.05 | 5.38±0.91 | 521.41±59.29 † | 137.09±19.66† | 950.94±88.70† | 2.47± 0.11 | 4.88±0.58 | 420.34±54.62 † | 928.07±118.31† |
The symbol (*) indicates statistical significance (p<0.05) between cell types and the symbol
†
indicates significance between species.