TABLE 4.

Estimates of cell numbers in the human cerebellum (both sides together).

Number	Method	Author and Year
Purkinje cells
14 × 106	Histology	Kreuzfuchs, 1902
25–26 × 106	Histology	Lojda, 1955
15 × 106	Histology	Braitenberg & Atwood, 1958
15.4 × 106	Stereology	Nairn et al., 1989
0.88 × 106	Histology	Riedel et al., 1989
15.6 × 106	Stereology	Mayhew et al., 1990
30.5 × 106	Stereology	Andersen et al., 1992
30.5 × 106	Stereology	Korbo and Andersen, 1995
28.5 × 106	Stereology	Andersen & Pakkenberg, 2003
28 × 106	Stereology	Andersen et al., 2003
22.3 × 106	Stereology	Agashiwala et al., 2008
26 × 106	Stereology	Andersen et al., 2012
26 × 106 *	Stereology	Kiessling et al., 2014
Granule cells (granule neurons)
10–100 × 109	Histology	Braitenberg & Atwood, 1958
19.8 ×109	Histology	Riedel et al., 1989
101 × 109	Stereology	Andersen et al., 1992
112.3 × 109	Stereology	Andersen & Pakkenberg, 2003
109 × 109	Stereology	Andersen et al., 2003
70 × 109	Stereology	Andersen et al., 2012
75.2 × 109	Stereology	Kiessling et al., 2014
Total neurons
65–70 × 109	Histology	Lange, 1975; Williams & Herrup, 1988
50 × 109	Stereology	Haug, 1986
105 × 109	Stereology	Andersen et al., 1992
69 × 109	IF	Azevedo et al., 2009
54 × 109	IF	Andrade-Moraes et al., 2013
Glial cells
3 × 109	Stereology	Andersen et al., 1992
Non-neuronal cells
16 × 109	IF	Azevedo et al., 2009
15.4 × 109	IF	Andrade-Moraes et al., 2013

Abbreviations: IF, isotropic fractionator

^*Data from 10–11 month old infants