Table 3.

GABAergic inputs to PV neurons

Cell body (CB)Dendrite
20 μm from CB80 μm from CB140 μm from CB
Number of inputs
    L2/310.13 ± 2.0318.88 ± 2.4711.88 ± 1.648.00 ± 1.41
    L49.63 ± 1.4120.75 ± 1.9112.88 ± 1.648.88 ± 2.36
    L58.75 ± 2.0518.88 ± 2.0311.38 ± 2.888.50 ± 1.31
    L610.00 ± 1.3119.25 ± 3.8112.13 ± 2.238.13 ± 1.36
    Total9.63 ± 1.7419.44 ± 2.6512.06 ± 2.128.38 ± 1.62
Surface area [μm2]
    L2/325.9 ± 6.050.1 ± 9.939.9 ± 5.529.5 ± 2.8
    L421.8 ± 2.553.3 ± 9.641.0 ± 8.533.2 ± 5.6
    L521.3 ± 3.647.3 ± 7.438.7 ± 9.034.7 ± 10.3
    L623.4 ± 3.049.7 ± 18.138.1 ± 4.731.4 ± 3.3
    Total23.1 ± 4.250.1 ± 11.639.4 ± 6.932.2 ± 6.3
Density [10−2/μm2]
    L2/339.3 ± 3.238.3 ± 5.329.9 ± 2.627.1 ± 3.5
    L444.0 ± 3.239.7 ± 5.632.1 ± 5.226.7 ± 5.8
    L540.7 ± 4.340.5 ± 5.530.6 ± 9.125.9 ± 6.1
    L642.9 ± 3.440.4 ± 6.431.9 ± 5.125.9 ± 3.6
    Total41.7 ± 3.939.7 ± 5.531.1 ± 5.726.4 ± 4.7
  • We randomly selected two PV neurons in each layer in four transgenic mice (a total of eight neurons in every layer), and calculated the number of inputs, surface area [μm2], and input density [10−2/μm2]. Data are given as mean ± SD. CB, cell body.