Table 2.

Postsynaptic targets as determined by electron microscopy from random samples of boutons

Postsynaptic targets
Pyramidal cell Granule cell
Cell Type Area Number of synapses Soma Dendrite Spine IN Dendrite Spine
Apical Small
T64c Basket or., pyr., rad. 11 64% 9% 27% 0% 0%
T147a Basket or., pyr., rad. 17 47% 12% 41% 0% 0%
T152b Basket or., pyr., rad. 12 50% 8% 42% 0% 0%
T46d ap.d. inn. Total 29 10% 45% 24% 4% 17%
pyr., prx. rad. 18 17% 61% 22% 0% 0%
dist.rad. 11 0% 18% 27% 9% 46%
T159a ap.d. inn. Total 42 7% 26% 57% 0% 10%
pyr., prx. rad. 19 16% 42% 37% 0% 5%
dist.rad. 14 0% 21% 64% 0% 14%
or. 9 0% 0% 89% 0% 11%
T82e Perf.p.as. Total 38 0% 3% 55% 5% 11% 21% 5%
rad. 10 0% 10% 80% 0% 10%
lac-mol. 17 0% 0% 76% 12% 12%
dentate gyr. 11 9% 73% 18%
T123b Perf.p.as. Total 36 0% 14% 80% 0% 6%
or. 10 0% 0% 100% 0% 0%
rad. 12 0% 25% 75% 0% 0%
lac-mol. 14 0% 14% 72% 0% 14%
  • Main targets are in boldface. IN, Interneuron; ap.d. inn., apical dendrite-innervating cell; Perf.p.as., perforant-path-associated cell; or., stratum oriens; pyr., stratum pyramidale; rad., stratum radiatum; prx. and dist. rad., proximal and distal stratum radiatum; lac-mol., stratum lacunosum moleculare; dentate gyr., dentate gyrus.