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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Neurosci. 2010 Jul 4;13(8):935–943. doi: 10.1038/nn.2593

Table 1.

Quantification of EM Bouton Parameters in Third Instar Control and imp-β11 Larvae

Genotype Vesicle
Density		 PSD Length %Mito.
Area		 Vesicle
Diameter		 SSR Crossings %Active
ZoneLength		 T-Bars /
ActiveZone
Wild-Type 184.4 ± 22.55 610.0 ± 38.79 7.1 ± 0.80 33.17 ± 0.8109 0.013 ± 0.0013 31 ± 2.3 0.33 ± 0.094
imp-β1170/Df 185.0 ± 23.99 577.8 ± 54.28 8.3 ± 2.0 34.52 ± 0.6966 0.015 ± 0.00079 35 ± 2.3 0.26 ± 0.067
p > 0.9 p > 0.6 p > 0.7 p > 0.2 p > 0.2 p > 0.2 p > 0.5

Quantification of these parameters from type Ib boutons imaged by TEM. n > 10 boutons for both genotypes.