Prominent cell types and structures found in CA3 region of mouse hippocampus. To request early access, email support@eyewire.org.
Excitatory Neurons
Thorny Pyramidal Neurons
These cells are actively under investigation.
Neuroglancer link (requires at least View Access through pyr.ai)
Athorny Pyramidal Neurons
Inhibitory Cells
Characterized by general lack of spininess. These cells are under investigation by Seung Lab.
Structures
Mossy fiber synapses – explore in Neuroglancer
Fun Finds
Coming through! A pyramidal neuron grows around a blood vesssel. Neuroglancer link.
And if you look inside that blood vessel you can see a few red blood cells! link
Threading the neuron needle with a blood vessel. link
And lastly, this post wouldn’t be complete without an example synapse:
Synaptic connection between unknown cell types.
Thanks for reading this post about cell types from the new mouse hippocampal connectomic dataset.