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Canonical Compartments List
Name/Description
1
Apical dendrite 
 Apical dendrite
2
Axon 
 Makes (Axon hillock, Axon shaft and Axon terminal)
3
Axon fiber 
 Axon fiber
4
Axon hillock 
 Axon hillock
5
Axon terminal 
 Axon terminal
6
Basal dendrite 
 Basal dendrite
7
Dendrite 
 All dendrites
8
Distal apical dendrite 
 Distal apical dendrite
9
Distal basal dendrite 
 Distal basal dendrite
10
Distal equivalent dendrite 
 Distal equivalent dendrite
11
Distal oblique dendrite 
 Distal oblique dendrite
12
Equivalent dendrite 
 Equivalent dendrite
13
General or unspecified 
 General or unspecified compartment: 1)Applies to the whole cell, or 2) Inferred to the whole cell from an unknow part.
14
Middle apical dendrite 
 Middle apical dendrite
15
Middle basal dendrite 
 Middle basal dendrite
16
Middle equivalent dendrite 
 Middle equivalent dendrite
17
Middle oblique dendrite 
 Middle oblique dendrite
18
Oblique dendrite 
 Oblique dendrite
19
Proximal apical dendrite 
 Proximal apical dendrite
20
Proximal basal dendrite 
 Proximal basal dendrite
21
Proximal equivalent dendrite 
 Proximal equivalent dendrite
22
Soma 
 
23
unknown 
 unknown comparment. Not the same as non-specified (when left blank)

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