Quantitative light and electron microscopic studies on the lateral hypothalamus in rat. Cell and synaptic densities.
Cell and synaptic packing densities and the synapse/cell ratios were determined for the lateral hypothalamus of the rat. A quarter of a million neurons were found in this area each having approximately 16000 synapses. Of the approximately 3700 million synapses of the lateral hypothalamus 82% is axodendritic and 16% axosomatic.
D000818:Animals; D001369:Axons / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002452:Cell Count; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000166:cytology*; D008032:Limbic System / Q000166:cytology; D008474:Medial Forebrain Bundle / Q000166:cytology; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology; D051381:Rats; D013569:Synapses / Q000648:ultrastructure*