The changing distribution of multisensory and unimodal neurons in the deep layers of the SC during development
| Age in dpn | Multisensory neurons | Unimodal neurons | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VA | VS | VAS | AS | |||
| 3 (n = 1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 5 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| 7 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| 8 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 10 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |
| 12 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 14 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | |
| 15 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| 17 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | |
| 20 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | |
| 22 (1) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| 24 (2) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 24 | |
| 25 (1) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |
| 28 (2) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17 | |
| 30 (1) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| 33 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| 35 (1) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | |
| 38 (1) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |
| 42 (2) | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 27 | |
| 45 (1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 49 (1) | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | |
| 52 (2) | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | |
| 56 (1) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |
| 60 (1) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | |
| 63 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| 70 (1) | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | |
| 76 (1) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| 83 (1) | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| 92 (1) | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |
| 100 (1) | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | |
| 115 (1) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 135 (1) | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |
| Kitten (41) | 57 | 45 | 20 | 8 | 328 | |
| Adult (3) | 57 | 50 | 19 | 4 | 77 | |
| Totals (n = 44) | 114 | 95 | 39 | 12 | 405 | Grand total neurons = 665 |
VA, Visual–auditory; VS, visual–somatosensory; VAS, visual–auditory–somatosensory; AS, auditory–somatosensory.