Article: Functional diversity of layer IV spiny neurons in rat somatosensory cortex: quantitative morphology of electrophysiologically characterized and biocytin labeled cells.

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Staiger JF; Flagmeyer I; Schubert D; Zilles K; Kötter R; Luhmann HJ
Cereb. Cortex, 2004

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  Quantitative data on axons of spiny layer IV neurons (mean ± SD)

	Spiny stellates (n = 6)	Star pyramids (n = 6)	Pyramids (n = 6)
Axonal length (µm)	15390 ± 1978	20261 ± 6486	16703 ± 3258
Bouton density (/100 µm)	16.8 ± 1.0	17.3 ± 4.7	15.4 ± 2.8
Axonal bouton number	2586 ± 317	3386 ± 1074^c*	2505 ± 378
Boutons in SG-ic	939 ± 233^a,b*	849 ± 216	664 ± 210
Boutons in GR-ic	1060 ± 225	1149 ± 208	865 ± 317
Boutons in IG-ic	302 ± 43	440 ± 29	328 ± 51
Boutons in SG-sep	83 ± 46	159 ± 144	53 ± 23
Boutons in GR-sep	48 ± 26	86 ± 86	65 ± 33
Boutons in IG-sep	16 ± 11	52 ± 59	20 ± 23
Boutons in SG-ec	113 ± 65	444 ± 495	198 ± 108
Boutons in GR-ec	17 ± 17^b***	114 ± 110^c*	224 ± 117
Boutons in IG-ec	9 ± 8	109 ± 109	87 ± 105

Note that for star pyramids a single extreme case biases measures toward higher values. Abbreviations: ec, extracolumnar, ic, intracolumnar, IG, infragranular, GR, granular, sep, septal, SG, supragranular.

^aComparison between spiny stellates and star pyramids.

^bComparison between spiny stellates and pyramids.

^cComparison between star pyramids and pyramids.

*P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001.

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Inferred neuron-electrophysiology data values

Neuron Type	Neuron Description	Ephys Prop	Extracted Value	Standardized Value	Content Source