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. 2016 Dec 6;5:e16962. doi: 10.7554/eLife.16962

Table 1.

Numbers of synapses and gap junctions.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.16962.015

Total no. Total no.
sections
Mean no. sections
/contact
No. synapses>
1 section
Mean no. sections
/contact >1 section
% Unpolarized % Polyad % Dcv

Synapses

8617

30163

3.5

6618

4.3

5.2

10.7

8

Gap junctions

3205

5765

1.8

1206

3.1

?

3

N/A

Percentage (%) refers to the percentage of all synapses that are unpolarized (presynaptic vesicles on either side of the cleft between both neuron partners); polyadic (having >1 postsynaptic neurite); or containing dense-core vesicles (dcv) at the presynaptic site.