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. 2001 Jul 15;21(14):5169–5181. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-14-05169.2001

Table 2.

Effects of actin depolymerization on PSD95- and Bassoon-labeled puncta

Neuron age (days in vitro) PSD-95 puncta/100 μm PSD-95 colocalized with synaptophysin on dendrites (%) Number of nonsynaptic PSD-95 puncta in soma
CON Post-LAT CON Post-LAT CON    LAT
5–6 15.2  ± 1.6 7.6  ± 0.8* 48.8 NA 0.5  ± 0.5 6.0  ± 2.0
12–13 48.8  ± 3.9 33.2  ± 2.3* 93.4 77.7* 1.9  ± 0.6 8.6  ± 2.4*
Bas puncta/100 μm Bas puncta area (μm2) Bas intensity (% control)
CON Post-LAT CON Post-LAT Post-LAT
5–6 30.4  ± 11 11.4  ± 3.4* 0.11  ± 0.01 0.11  ± 0.01 95  ± 0.03
12–13 86.2  ± 5.5 62.6  ± 3.6 0.30  ± 0.01 0.21  ± 0.012-160 86  ± 2.3*

CON, Control; post-LAT, after latrunculin A; Bas, Bassoon. Numbers are mean ± SEM.

*

p < 0.002;

F2-160: p = 0.019.