ABSTRACT Action potentials, the primary information units of the nervous system, are usually generated at the axon initial segment (AIS). Changes in the length and position of the AIS are associated with alterations in neuronal excitability but there is only limited information about the baseline structural variability of the AIS. This work provides a comprehensive atlas of the diversity of proximal cell geometries across all anatomical axes of the murine hippocampus, encompassing dorsal-ventral, superficial-deep,…