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| Property | Organism | Value | Units | ID | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fraction of striatum that is striosomes (also known as patches) | Vertebrates | 10-15 | % of striatal volume | 117204 | Brimblecombe KR, Cragg SJ... |
| Separation of inputs below which lateral giant neuron cannot sum synchronous inputs | Crayfish | 100 | µsec | 112219 | Edwards DH, Yeh SR, Krasne... |
| Number of synapses in cortex | Human Homo sapiens | 1.5e+14 | unitless | 100693 | http://faculty.washi... |
| Axon diameter and conduction velocity | Monkey | fastest axon ~20µm diameter conduct at ~120 m/s: slowest axon ~0.1µm diameter conduct at ~0.3m/s | N/A | 110607 | Harvey A. Swadlow and... |
| Total number of vesicles in Calyx of Held | Mammals | ~1,500 - 4,000 | vesicles | 112559 | Rizzoli SO, Betz WJ.... |
| Number of synapses in cortex | Human Homo sapiens | 3.6e+14 (29,800 synapses/neuron) | Unitless | 106138 | Roth G, Dicke U. Evolution... |
| Dimensions of membrane attack complex pore | Unspecified | diameter 10: length 15 | nm | 103573 | Kenneth M. Murphy, Paul... |
| Postsynaptic area | Rat Rattus norvegicus | 0.03 - 0.1 | μm^2 | 111655 | Harris JJ, Jolivet R... |
| Comparison of white matter to gray matter in brain | Unspecified | energy use: white matter is 3-fold lower than gray matter: density of synapses: 80 fold lower | N/A | 111650 | Harris JJ, Jolivet R... |
| Fate of newly synthesized synapsin | Mammals | ≈15% departed the soma immediately: ≈85% was released from the cell body only after several days | % | 106709 | Scott DA, Das U, Tang Y... |
| Diameter of axon above which the great majority of axons are myelinated | Metazoa animals | >0.3 | µm | 110609 | Harvey A. Swadlow and... |
| g-ratio (inner diameter of myelin sheath/outer diameter) | Metazoa animals | ~0.6 | unitless | 110610 | Harvey A. Swadlow and... |
| Average latency of excitatory post synaptic potentials elicited at synapses between pyramidal neurons of juvenile | Rat Rattus norvegicus | 1.1 | msec | 110611 | Harvey A. Swadlow and... |
| Conduction velocities of impulse between corticospinal tract and brainstem | Monkey | ≤110 | m/sec | 110612 | Harvey A. Swadlow and... |
| Diameter of smallest axons in the central nervous system | Metazoa animals | ~0.1 | µm | 110608 | Harvey A. Swadlow and... |
| Synaptic vesicle radius | Unspecified | 17 - 22 | nm | 111278 | Sudhof TC. The synaptic... |
| Speed of mitochondria transported by kinesin and dynein motors, moving on microtubule tracks | Eukaryotes | ~0.3 – 1 | µm/s | 111658 | Harris JJ, Jolivet R... |
| Distance between two (apposing) membrane leaflets of cells coupled by gap junction | Metazoa animals | ~2 - 3 | nm | 117162 | Connors BW, Long MA.... |
| Number and size of synapses and active zone dense bars of axons 1 and 2 in serial sections of larval abdominal muscles 6 and 7 | Fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster | Table - link | N/A | 107577 | Renger JJ, Ueda A, Atwood HL... |
| Number of proteins that function in the presynaptic nerve terminal | Unspecified | >1,000 | proteins | 111279 | Sudhof TC. The synaptic... |