Fig. 7

Analysis of dendritic branching patterns of relay cells for WT and math5 ^−/−. a Summary plots depicting the mean ± SEM number of branch points for relay cells as a function of branch order at different postnatal weeks (1–5) in WT (left panel) and math5 ^−/− (right panel). In WT, branching patterns is conserved between weeks 2–5, but highly variable in math5 ^−/− . b Comparison of the branching patterns between WT (black) and math5 ^−/− (red) at different postnatal weeks. At week 1–2, math5 ^−/− has increased numbers of higher order branching (6^th-10^th order). At weeks 3–4, branching patterns are similar in WT and math5 ^−/−. At week 5, math5 ^−/− has reduced numbers of 2^nd-4^th order branches. (*, week 1, p <0.01; week 2, branch orders 6–8, p <0.0001 and branch orders 9–10, p <0.01; week 5, branch orders 2–4, p <0.05)