Table 2.
Morphometric characteristics of layer 5 cells
All cells | Layer 5A | Layer 5B | |
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No. of dendrites refers to primary basal dendrites. | |||
No. of cells | 27 | 16 | 11 |
Soma diameter (μm) | 17.1 ± 0.7 | 16.8 ± 0.9 | 17.73 ± 1.2 |
Soma area (μm2) | 237.7 ± 12.1 | 236.4 ± 16.6 | 239.9 ± 30.9 |
No. of dendrites | 6.2 ± 0.5 | 6.6 ± 0.6 | 5.4 ± 0.6 |
Total dendritic length (μm) | 7614.1 ± 765.9 | 7454.8 ± 773.4 | 7853.1 ± 1582.8 |
Horizontal dendritic field span (μm) | 333.6 ± 30.5 | 346.9 ± 46.9 | 317.5 ± 40.8 |
Vertical dendritic field span (μm) | 1082.3 ± 57.2 | 1000.6 ± 51.5 | 1327.7 ± 73.0 |