FIGURE 1.
Morphological properties of somato-dendritic fields of substantia nigra pars compacta (SNc) dopaminergic (DA) neurons during postnatal development. (A) Typical examples of neurolucida reconstruction of biocytin-filled SNc tyrosine hydroxylase (TH)-green fluorescent protein (GFP) neurons at the indicated ages. (B) Quantification and statistical comparison between P4–P10 and P30+ of the number of dendritic trunks (top left), of the convex hull volume occupied by the dendritic trees (bottom left), and of the extent of the dendritic trees (3D Scholl analysis) (top and bottom right). In this (B, left) and following figures, each dot represents one cell, the distance between bottom and top bars represents the SEM, and the middle bar indicates the mean value.
