TABLE 3.
Somal Sizes of Superior Colliculus- and Middle Temporal Area-Projecting Neurons in V1
Mean somal volume (mean ± std, μm3) of:
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All cells by layer | Tall-Tufted cells | Nontufted cells | Cells with unidentifiable apical dendrite | ||
SC-projecting | All cells | 5509 ± 2887 (n =126) | 6772 ± 2885 (n =47) # | 5003 ± 2806 (n =60) # | 3983 ± 1822 (n =19) |
Layer 5 | 5391 ± 2565 (n =97) | 6563 ± 2853 (n =43) ^ | 4743 ± 1898 (n =37) ^ | 4025 ± 1877 (n =17) | |
Layer 5/6 border | 5966 ± 3661 (n =14) | 7823 ± 995 (n =3) | 5459 ± 3988 (n =11) | n/a | |
Layer 6 | 5845 ± 4053 (n =15) | 8639 ± 0 (n =1) | 5652 ± 3943 (n =12) | 3629 ± 1760 (n =2) | |
MT-projecting | Layer 6 | 4259 ± 2587 (n =5) | n/a | 4259 ± 2587 (n =5) | n/a |
Pairs of means with the same symbols are significantly different from each other, P < 0.001, Wilcoxon rank-sum test.