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Diameter of large and small dense-core vesicles Rat Rattus norvegicus 90 to 120 large dense-core vesicles: ~80 small dense-core vesicles nm 107573 Ostroff LE, Cain CK, Jindal N...
Data on whisker barrel Rodent diameter just under 0.5mm: height 1.2mm: number of neurons ~15,000: number of synapses 10^8 N/A 112028 Smith, S.J (2007) Circuit...
Distance extending from the dendritic shaft that is defined by filopodial protrusive activity (i.e. periodically occupied by the filopodia of that dendrite) Rat Rattus norvegicus 5-10 μm 112038 Ziv NE, Smith SJ. Evidence...
Mean lifetime of transient dendritic filopodia on immature dendrites Rat Rattus norvegicus 9.5 (±7.7) min 112039 Ziv NE, Smith SJ. Evidence...
Densities of dendritic filopodia Rat Rattus norvegicus in younger neuron 38.8±15 older neuron 38.0±8 filopodia/100µm dendrite 112040 Ziv NE, Smith SJ. Evidence...
Average number of synaptic connections each neocortical neuron has Human Homo sapiens 7000 synaptic connections/neocortical neuron 112055 Drachman D (2005). "Do...
Number of synapses in cerebral cortex Human Homo sapiens ~1.5×10^14 synapses 112056 Drachman D (2005). "Do...
Molecular mass of postsynaptic density (PSD) Rat Rattus norvegicus 1.1 (±0.36) GDa 106252 Chen X, Vinade L, Leapman RD...
Number of photoreceptors per retina Blowfly Calliphora vicina 35000 Unitless 103546 Laughlin SB, de Ruyter...
Distance between PSII and PSI Unspecified <=300 nm 107140 Mitchell R, Spillmann A...
Number of different neurotransmitters in the brain Human Homo sapiens >=100 Unitless 102699 Greengard P. The neurobiology...
Fraction of mitochondria in neuron that are stationary at any one time point Eukaryotes ~80 % 111659 Harris JJ, Jolivet R...
pI of avidin vertebrates ~10.5 Unitless 109210 Bayer EA, Ehrlich-Rogozinski...
Comparison of reported maximum dry cell weight (DCW) of miniature bioreactors for parallel operation Unspecified Table - link N/A 104939 Puskeiler R, Kaufmann K...
Size of membrane rafts Unspecified 10-200 nm 105743 Pike LJ. Rafts defined:...
Percent of mitochondria in visual cortex neurons located in presynaptic terminals macaque 21 % 103272 Rolfe DF, Brown GC. Cellular...
Conduction delays in the mammalian nervous system Mammals very short axons <100 µsec: very long non-myelinated central axons >100 ms N/A 110606 Harvey A. Swadlow and...
Average motility levels of protrusions Rat Rattus norvegicus associated with presynaptic bouton 0.59 not associated with presynaptic bouton 1.3 µm/3min 112041 Ziv NE, Smith SJ. Evidence...
Size of synaptic cleft Human Homo sapiens 20 to 40 nm 108451 The Dana Foundation-a...
Fraction of neurons that are excitatory Unspecified ~85 % 111649 Harris JJ, Jolivet R...