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Table 4 Differential distributions and characteristics of mitochondria (mito) in somata, dendrites, and axons

From: Axonal energy metabolism, and the effects in aging and neurodegenerative diseases

 

Species

Cell type/Brain region

Age

Soma

Dendrite

Axon

Reference

% Area occupied by mito

Mouse

V1 L2/3 pyr. neurons

P36

 N/A

 > 50%

Distal axon, < 10%

[71]

Mouse

L2/3 pyr. neurons

P21

 N/A

69.58 ± 2.23%

8.41 ± 0.75%

[74]

Mouse

L2/3 pyr. neurons

DIV21

 N/A

69.6 ± 2.54%

4.95 ± 0.4%

[74]

Rat

S1 L1-6

Juvenile

 N/A

43.57 ± 1.73%

(Exc.) 11.19 ± 1.25%; (Inh.) 3.41 ± 0.65%; (Mye.) 0.40 ± 0.28%

[75]

Avg Volume

Mouse

V1 L2/3 pyr. neurons

P36

10–2.5-10–0.5 μm3

10–2.5—10–0.5 μm3

10–2.5—10–1.5 μm3

[71]

Mouse

S1

Adult

 N/A

0.89 ± 0.124 μm3

(Boutons) 0.056 ± 0.002 μm3

[72]

Mouse

Hippocampal CA1 pyr. neurons

Adult

 N/A

0.158 ± 0.017 μm3

(Boutons) 0.043 ± 0.002 μm3

[72]

Mouse

Hippocampal CA1 pyr. neurons

4 m

 ~ 0.15 μm3

 ~ 0.14 μm3

(Mye.) ~ 0.27 μm3

[73]

Mouse

Hippocampal DG granule neurons

4 m

 ~ 0.19 μm3

 ~ 0.27 μm3

(Mye.) ~ 0.12 μm3

[73]

Mouse

Nucleus accumbens

11 m

 N/A

0.195 ± 0.018 μm3

(Boutons) 0.05 ± 0.004 μm3

[72]

Mouse

Dorsal cochlear nucleus

P17

 N/A

1.357 ± 0.182 μm3

(Boutons) 0.375 ± 0.03 μm3

[72]

Mito length

Mouse

L2/3 pyr. neurons

P21

 N/A

1.31–13.28 μm

0.45–1.13 μm

[74]

Mouse

L2/3 pyr. neurons

DIV21

 N/A

0.52 to 8.88 μm

0.3- 1.08 μm

[74]

Mouse

V1 L2/3 pyr. neurons

P36

 N/A

 < 20 μm

 < 1 μm

[71]

Rat

Hippocampal neurons

DIV10

 N/A

 N/A

0.255–1.68 μm

[145]

Complexity index a

Mouse

V1 L2/3 pyr. neurons

P36

 < 25

 < 55

 < 10

[71]

Mouse

Hippocampal DG granule neurons

4 m

 ~ 4.8

 ~ 6.9

(Mye.) 2.8

[73]

Mouse

Hippocampal CA1 pyr. neurons

4 m

 ~ 4.7

 ~ 5.2

(Mye.) 3.5

[73]

  1. Abbreviations: avg average, ~ , average, DIV days-in-vitro, L cortical layer, m month, P postnatal, pyr. Pyramidal, V1 primary visual cortex, S1 primary somatosensory cortex, Exc Excitatory, Inh. Inhibitory, Mye. myelinated
  2. a Complexity index is quantified as described in [146]