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. 2017 Oct 23;6:e29315. doi: 10.7554/eLife.29315

Table 1. Comparison of LM-based and EM measurements.

Bouton IDs match those in Figures 3 and 4. The probability that a putative bouton belongs to the category of LM boutons, P(bouton|w) was calculated according to Equation (9) with wthreshold = 2.0. Bouton #8 (grey) was excluded from the analyses as it is a terminal bouton. Hyphens indicate that boutons, mitochondria, or PSDs were not detected in EM.

2PLSM measurements EM measurements
Bouton ID Putative bouton weight, w P(bouton | w) Bouton volume [μm3] Mitochondria volume [μm3] PSD surface area [μm2]
Axon 1 1 13.5 1.00 0.919 0.189 0.666
2 10.8 1.00 0.779 0.170 0.595
3 1.98 0.48 0.093 - 0.371
4 10.1 1.00 0.998 0.225 1.92
5 8.65 1.00 0.669 0.139 1.83
6 6.25 1.00 0.219 0.043 0.138
Axon 2 7 3.63 0.93 0.483 0.111 0.612
8 N/A N/A 0.574 - 2.75
9 5.57 1.00 0.372 0.027 1.28
Axon 3 10 9.54 1.00 0.632 0.182 0.645
11 1.99 0.49 0.102 - -
12 8.51 1.00 0.456 - 1.23
13 10.8 1.00 0.704 0.161 1.49
Axon 4 14 5.80 1.00 0.308 - 0.867
15 4.23 1.00 0.198 - 0.686
16 5.96 1.00 0.229 0.027 0.402
17 2.85 0.93 0.140 - -
18 1.14 0.01 - - -
19 2.19 0.65 - - -