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. 2014 Sep 3;8:98. doi: 10.3389/fncir.2014.00098

Table 2.

External plexiform layer and mitral cell layer.

Projection neurons
Cell type Tufted cell
Mitral cell
Middle Internal Type-I Type-II
Soma size 15–20 μm >20 μm >20 μm

Soma location Superficial-intermediate EPL Deep EPL MCL

Dendrite extension Superficial-intermediate EPL Deep EPL Intermediate EPL

Output within OB Dendrites of PG, granule (probably type-I and -III) and other interneurons in EPL Dendrites of PG, granule (Probably type-I and -II) and other interneurons in EPL

Output out of OB Anterior part of olfactory cortex Entire olfactory cortex

Transmitter Glutamate

Molecular markers Tbx21, Pcdh21

Population ~50 tufted cells/glomerulus ~20 mitral cells/glomerulus

Physiological properties Higher sensitivity to the odor stimuli Lower sensitivity to the odor stimuli

Odor evoked spike activity during early phase of respiratory cycle Odor evoked spike activity during late phase of respiratory cycle

Additional notes Sometimes, it is called intermediate tufted cells Sometimes, it is called displaced mitral cells

References Mori et al. (1983), Orona et al. (1984), Ezeh et al. (1993), Royet et al. (1998), Nakajima et al. (2001), Nagai et al. (2005), Shepherd et al. (2004), Igarashi et al. (2012), Fukunaga et al. (2012)


Interneurons
Cell type Van Gehuchten cell types
Multipolar types
Van Gehuchten cell Somatostatin-immunoreactive cell Inner horizontal cell Other types Large short axon cell

Soma size ~12 μm ~10 μm 9–12 μm 9–15 μm ~14 μm

Soma location Throughout the EPL Intermediate-deep EPL Deep EPL and MCL Throughout the EPL Superficial EPL

Dendrite extension Throughout the EPL Deep EPL MCL and just above MCL Throughout the EPL EPL and GL

Output Unknown Probably mitral cell probably mitral cell Mitral/tufted cell Unknown

Transmitter Almost all of EPL interneurons are GABAergic

Molecular markers CR Somatostatin, CR, VIP CR

Axon No Yes

Additional notes Fusiform shape soma Relatively rare to be found

References Schneider and Macrides (1978), Kosaka et al. (1994), Brinon et al. (1998), Kosaka and Kosaka (2008a), Lepousez et al. (2010)