Table 6.

VIP inputs to PV neurons

	Cell body (CB)	Dendrite
		20 μm from CB	80 μm from CB	140 μm from CB
Number of inputs
L2/3	5.75 ± 1.39	2.13 ± 0.64	0.88 ± 0.64	0.63 ± 0.52
L4	6.38 ± 1.51	2.50 ± 1.07	1.13 ± 0.83	0.75 ± 0.71
L5	6.25 ± 1.16	2.38 ± 0.52	1.13 ± 0.83	0.63 ± 0.52
L6	6.00 ± 1.60	2.25 ± 0.71	0.88 ± 0.83	0.63 ± 0.52
Total	6.09 ± 1.38	2.31 ± 0.74	1.00 ± 0.76	0.66 ± 0.55
Surface area [μm2]
L2/3	22.5 ± 3.7	48.4 ± 7.6	39.7 ± 3.5	33.7 ± 4.5
L4	24.8 ± 2.4	52.1 ± 11.8	39.3 ± 7.6	33.5 ± 7.7
L5	23.1 ± 2.5	51.8 ± 8.2	38.7 ± 3.7	31.2 ± 4.0
L6	24.2 ± 3.7	50.2 ± 11.7	38.1 ± 9.5	28.7 ± 4.5
Total	23.7 ± 3.1	50.6 ± 9.7	39.0 ± 6.3	31.8 ± 5.5
Density [10−2/μm2]
L2/3	26.2 ± 7.4	4.5 ± 1.5	2.6 ± 2.0	1.8 ± 1.5
L4	25.9 ± 6.3	4.8 ± 2.1	2.8 ± 2.1	2.2 ± 2.5
L5	27.0 ± 3.1	4.6 ± 0.7	2.8 ± 2.0	1.9 ± 1.6
L6	25.1 ± 6.6	4.4 ± 0.9	2.5 ± 2.6	2.3 ± 2.0
Total	26.0 ± 5.8	4.6 ± 1.3	2.6 ± 2.1	2.0 ± 1.8

We randomly selected two PV neurons in each layer in four transgenic mice (a total of eight neurons in every layer), and calculated the number of inputs, surface area [μm²], and input density [10⁻²/μm²]. Data are given as mean ± SD.