Fig. 6

Morphological development of relay cells in WT and math5 ^−/−. Summary scatter plots depicting dendritic surface area (a), soma surface area (b), dendritic field (c) and total number of branches (d) for relay cells in WT (black) and math5 ^−/− (red). Each point represents mean values ± SEM plotted as a function of postnatal age. a Dendritic surface area is greater in math5 ^−/− than WT at week 2 (*, p <0.01), but smaller at week 5 (*, p <0.05). b Overall, soma surface area in math5 ^−/− is less than WT (*, p <0.05). c WT and math5 ^−/− have similar field dimensions during weeks 1–4, but math5 ^−/− are smaller than WT at week 5 (*, p <0.01). d. At week 2, math5 ^−/− cells exhibit an exuberant branching compared to WT (*, p <0.01)