Quantification of total number of boutons according to the different cortical layers
| Spiny stellate neurons (n = 10) | Star pyramidal neurons (n = 4) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Percentage | Mean | SD | Percentage | |
| Total number of boutons (layers 1-wm) | 2042 | 133 | 1718 | 205 | ||
| Total number of boutons in layer 2/3 | 938 | 254 | 45.9 | 1081 | 533 | 46.9 |
| Total number of boutons in layer 4 | 619 | 35 | 30.3 | 553 | 128 | 24.0 |
| Total number of boutons in layer 5 | 294 | 165 | 14.4 | 431 | 200 | 18.7 |
| Total number of boutons in layer 6 | 191 | 72 | 9.4 | 239 | 18 | 10.4 |