Abstract
The three-dimensional structure of Golgi-impregnated cells of the hippocampal dentate gyrus was studied using modern data-collecting techniques. Branch length and branch angle distributions were examined and found to have a wide range of observed values. The distributions imply a stochastic design for the branching pattern of dendrites. Examination of the ordered branch lengths suggests that the local dendritic branching probability may be dependent on the density or specificity of afferent projections. Analysis of the total branch lengths and number of branch nodes strongly suggests that quantitative parameters related to the total dendritic arborization may be more important in the structural design than parameters related to the individual dendrites.
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