Table 3:
Number of neurons in the different layers of the entorhinal cortex in rats and humans
| Layer II | Layer III | Layer V + VI | All layers | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
| Rat MEC | 62,924 | 140,541 | 184,625 | 388,090 | ||||
| 1 | 66,400 | 10,383 | 128,200 | 16,423 | 185,400 | 24,419 | 380,000 | 36,871 |
| 2 | 59,448 | 8,575 | 152,881 | 15,122 | 183,849 | 23,490 | 396,178 | 29,223 |
| Rat LEC | 40,896 | 112,335 | 134,546 | 287,777 | ||||
| 1 | 45,600 | 13,278 | 119,400 | 15,502 | 143,800 | 29,575 | 308,800 | 44,673 |
| 2 | 36,192 | 6,133 | 105,269 | 18,538 | 125,291 | 24,120 | 266,752 | 31,034 |
| Rat EC | 103,820 | 252,875 | 319,170 | 675,865 | ||||
| 1 | 112,000 | 22,327 | 247,600 | 22,843 | 329,200 | 53,844 | 688,800 | 76,594 |
| 2 | 95,640 | 10,543 | 258,150 | 23,294 | 309,140 | 33,668 | 663,000 | 46,000 |
| Monkey EC | 499,784 | 64,505 | 1,621,012 | 102,823 | 1,411,615 | 145,832 | 3,532,411 | 252,997 |
| Human EC | 652,500 | 3,590,500 | 3,247,500 | 7,490,500 | ||||
| 3 | 647,000 | 143,066 | 3,525,000 | 623,810 | 2,711,000 | 619,757 | 6,883,000 | 1,136,076 |
| 4 | 658,000 | 107,098 | 3,656,000 | 570,640 | 3,784,000 | 288,929 | 8,098,000 | 875,825 |
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