(Adapted from Fiala and Harris, 1999.)
Neuron Total length (µm) Neck diameter (µm) Neck length (µm) Total volume (µm3) Total surface area (µm2) PSD area (µm2) PSD:head area ratio| Cerebellar Purkinje cell | 0.7-3.0 | 0.1-0.3 | 0.1-2 | 0.06-0.2 | 0.7-2 | 0.04-0.4 | 0.17+0.09 |
| CA1 pyramidal cell | 0.2-2 | 0.04-0.5 | 0.1-2 | 0.004-0.6 | 0.1-4 | 0.01-0.5 | 0.12+0.06 |
| Visual cortex pyramidal cell | 0.5-3 | 0.07-0.5 | -- | 0.02-0.8 | 0.5-5 | 0.02-0.7 | 0.10+0.04 |
| Neostriatal spiny neuron | -- | 0.1-0.3 | 0.6-2 | 0.04-0.3 | 0.6-3 | 0.02-0.3 | 0.125 |
| Dentate gryus granule cell | 0.2-2 | 0.05-0.5 | 0.03-0.9 | 0.003-0.2 | 0.1-3 | 0.003-0.2 | -- |
Sources: Harris and Stevens (1988); Harris and Stevens (1989); Spacek and Hartman (1983); Wilson et al. (1983); Trommald and Hullenburg (1997). Full references.