a Experimental design for t-LTP induction in two clustered spines (<5 µm) with PEP1-TGL (200 µM) inside the pipette. b Representative experiment where two clustered spines were activated with t-LTP pre–post pairing of +7 ms. Traces correspond to an average of 10 uEPSPs recorded in the soma and generated by 2P uncaging before (control, black trace) and after the induction of t-LTP with PEP1-TGL (red trace) over the indicated spines (red dots). c Time course of uEPSP amplitude, neck length, and spine head volume (P = 0.75, P < 0.001, P = 0.96, respectively, n = 5 spine pairs, one-way repeated-measures ANOVA) changes following STDP induction (+7 ms) in clustered spines with PEP1-TGL. n.s. not significant; **P < 0.01, post hoc Dunnet’s test. d Changes in uEPSP amplitude, neck length, and head volume of activated clustered spines 15–25 min after t-LTP induction (+7 ms) in control conditions (Cont) and with PEP1-TGL (PEP1-TGL: uEPSP = 94.82 ± 14.82%, P = 0.81; neck length = 79.71 ± 4.32%, P = 0.0078; spine head volume = 100.08 ± 3.23%, P = 1, n = 5 spine pairs, two-sided Wilcoxon test; *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01). e Experimental design for t-LTP induction in two clustered spines (<5 µm) with Latrunculin-A (Lat-A, 100 nM). f Same as b, but with Lat-A. g Time course of uEPSP amplitude, neck length, and spine head volume (P < 0.001, P = 0.35, P = 0.72, respectively, n = 9 spine pairs, one-way repeated-measures ANOVA) changes following STDP induction (+7 ms) in clustered spines with Lat-A. n.s. not significant; **P < 0.01, post hoc Dunnet’s test. h Changes in uEPSP amplitude, neck length, and head volume of the activated clustered spines 15–25 min after t-LTP induction (+7 ms) in control conditions (Cont) and with Lat-A (Lat-A: uEPSP = 69.55 ± 7.13%, P = 0.008; neck length = 93.04 ± 6.01%, P = 0.32; spine head volume = 99.80 ± 4.33%, P = 0.95, n = 9 spine pairs, two-sided Wilcoxon test; *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01). Shaded area and error bars represent SEM. Lines, bars, and dots in c, d, g, h: uEPSP = black, neck length (NL) = red, and head volume (HV) = blue.