Table 2.
Summary of the cell number presented in this paper.
| Region | Species | Brain weight (g) | Cell type | Total number of cells | Method | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neocortext | Human, Homo sapien, (m) | m: 1400; f: 1250 | Neuron | 23 × 109 | Optical disector × Cavalieri | Pakkenberg and Gundersen, 1997 |
| – | – (f) | – | 19 × 109 | – | – | |
| – | – at term | – | 20 × 109 | Optical fractionator | Larsen et al., 2006 | |
| – | – at term | Glia | 5.5 × 109 | – | – | |
| – | – (m) | – | 38.9 × 109 | Optical disector × Cavalieri | Pelvig et al., 2008 | |
| – | – (f) | – | 27.9 × 109 | – | – | |
| – | – (m) | Oligodendrocyte | 28.8 × 109 | – | – | |
| – | – (f) | – | 21 × 109 | – | – | |
| – | – (m) | Astrocyte | 7.8 × 109 | – | – | |
| – | – (f) | – | 4.8 × 109 | – | – | |
| – | – (m) | Microglia | 2.0 × 109 | – | – | |
| – | – (f) | – | 1.8 × 109 | – | – | |
| –** | – 22 weeks gestation | Total cells | 7.02 × 109 | Optical fractionator | Samuelsen et al., 2003 | |
| –** | – at term | – | 29.4 × 109 | – | – | |
| Frontal cortex | – (m) | Neuron | 7.8 × 109 | Optical disector × Cavalieri | Pakkenberg and Gundersen, 1997 | |
| – | – (f) | – | 6.6 × 109 | – | – | |
| Frontal cortex | – | – | 7.8 × 109 | – | Gredal et al., 2000 | |
| Temporal cortex | – (m) | – | 4.9 × 109 | – | Pakkenberg and Gundersen, 1997 | |
| – | – (f) | – | 4.3 × 109 | – | – | |
| Parietal cortex | – (m) | – | 5.5 × 109 | – | – | |
| – | – (f) | – | 4.5 × 109 | – | – | |
| Occipital cortex | – (m) | – | 4.2 × 109 | – | – | |
| – | – (f) | – | 3.6 × 109 | – | – | |
| Motor cortex | – | – | 1.3 × 109 | – | Gredal et al., 2000 | |
| Cerebellum | – (m) | Purkinje | 28 × 106 | – | Andersen et al., 2003 | |
| – | – 1 month | – | 12.1 × 106 | Optical fractionator | Kiessling et al., 2014 | |
| – | – 11 months | – | 13.9 × 106 | – | – | |
| – | – (m) | Granule | 109 × 109 | Optical disector × Cavalieri | Andersen et al., 2003 | |
| – | – 1 month | – | 5.9 × 109 | Optical fractionator | Kiessling et al., 2014 | |
| – | – 11 months | – | 37.6 × 109 | – | – | |
| CP/MZ | – 20 weeks gestation | Total cells | 5.87 × 109 | Optical fractionator | Samuelsen et al., 2003 | |
| SP | – 22 weeks gestation | – | 2 × 109 | – | – | |
| – | – 35 weeks gestation | – | 3.6 × 109 | – | – | |
| – | – at term | – | 3.0 × 109 | – | – | |
| OTHER MAMMALS | ||||||
| Neocortex | Rhesus macaque, Macaca mulatta | 80–100 | Neuron | 2.8 × 109 | Optical fractionator | Christensen et al., 2007 |
| – | Minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata | 2140 | – | 13 × 109 | – | Eriksen and Pakkenberg, 2007 |
| – | Harbor porpoise, Phocoena phocoena | 413 | – | 15 × 109 | Optical disector × Cavalieri | Walløe et al., 2010 |
| – | Harp seal, Pagophillus groenlandicus | 215 | Neuron | 6.0 × 109 | Optical disector × Cavalieri | Walløe et al., 2010 |
| – | Brown rat, Rattus norvegicus | 156 | – | 20 × 106 | Optical disector × Cavalieri | Korbo et al., 1990 |
| – | Gottingen minipig, Sus scrofa domestica | 79 | – | 325 × 106 | Optical fractionator | Jelsing et al., 2006 |
| – | Domestic pig, Sus domesticus | 134 | – | 430 × 106 | – | – |
**
Prospective neocortex; m, male; f, female; –, the same as the previous.