Table 1.
Morphological parameters from cell reconstructions.
| Parameter | Cell type | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animal | Clasping | Periglomerular | Undersized | |
| Soma mean diameter [μm] | mouse | 7.6 ± 1.5 | 8.0 ± 1.3 | 7.1 ± 1.8 |
| rat | 9.1 ± 1.9 | 9.2 ± 0.7 | 8.3 ± 1.4 | |
| all | 8.5 ± 1.9 | 8.6 ± 1.2 | 7.1 ± 1.7 | |
| Primary dendrites [#] | mouse | 4.0 ± 1.5 | 2.7 ± 0.5 | 2.0 ± 1.2 |
| rat | 3.1 ± 0.8 | 2.7 ± 1.2 | 2.9 ± 1.3 | |
| all | 3.5 ± 1.6 | 2.7 ± 0.9 | 2.6 ± 1.3 | |
| Total process length [μm] | mouse | 2027 ± 620 | 763 ± 260 | 226 ± 163 |
| rat | 1344 ± 580 | 1352 ± 716 | 351 ± 233 | |
| all | 1618 ± 670 | 1058 ± 598 | 310 ± 217 | |
| Branches [#] | mouse | 275 ± 214 | 116 ± 54 | 34 ± 28 |
| rat | 181 ± 144 | 246 ± 200 | 44 ± 33 | |
| all | 218 ± 175 | 181 ± 155 | 41 ± 31 | |
| End points [#] | mouse | 132 ± 100 | 59 ± 28 | 18 ± 13 |
| rat | 85 ± 66 | 120 ± 103 | 23 ± 16 | |
| all | 103 ± 81 | 90 ± 79 | 21 ± 15 | |
| Cell clasps [#] | mouse | 6.3 ± 2.4 | 0 | 0.1 ± 0.3 |
| rat | 5.9 ± 2.0 | 0 | 0.1 ± 0.2 | |
| all | 6.1 ± 2.1 | 0 | 0.0 ± 0.3 | |
| Average branch length [μm] | mouse | 7.4 ± 3.7 | 6.8 ± 1.6 | 9.7 ± 8.3 |
| rat | 7.8 ± 2.6 | 6.2 ± 1.5 | 8.4 ± 3.2 | |
| all | 7.6 ± 3.0 | 6.5 ± 1.5 | 8.8 ± 5.3 | |
| Cell number | mouse | 6 | 6 | 10 |
| rat | 9 | 6 | 22 | |
| all | 15 | 12 | 32 | |
Parameter numbers are stated as average (± S.D.). The mouse data include cells from both WT and DAT-GFP animals. The rat data include cells from both WT and Venus animals. The mouse data are from adult animals and the rat data from juvenile animals.