A quantitative anatomical study of the granule cell dendritic fields of the rat dentate gyrus using a novel probabilistic method

The granule cell dendritic fields of the adult rat dentate gyrus were analyzed quantitatively using a probabilistic method developed to correct dendritic length and segment number for dendrites cut during sectioning. Golgi‐impregnated, linearized hippocampi were sectioned serially in one of the three hippocampal planes. Three dendritic field parameters were quantified from camera lucida drawings of these dendritic fields: dendritic field spread, dendritic length, and the branching and termination patterns of dendritic segments.

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