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. 2022 Dec 28;11:e84199. doi: 10.7554/eLife.84199

Table 2. Summary of ultrastructural measures in the molecular layer of the cerebellum.

Previously reported measures in the hippocampus CA1 region (Spano et al., 2019) and cerebral cortex (de Vivo et al., 2017) are also shown to facilitate the comparison across regions. All protrusions are defined as spines. In oblique spines the axon-spine interface (ASI) could not be measured because the synapse was oriented obliquely or orthogonally to the cutting plane. Standard deviations for the cortex use a pooled estimate based on two sampled regions. MVB, multivesicular body.

CA1 (stratum radiatum) Cortex (M1+S1, layer 2) Cerebellum
W EW S W EW S W EW S
Total N of dendrites 37 26 38 54 57 57 29 24 43
Total N of spines 2764 2139 3148 2919 2616 2892 1944 2050 3394
Total N of spines with synapse
(some incomplete/oblique)
2702 2080 3037 2467 2267 2415 1861 1926 3066
Total N spines with synapse
with measured ASI
2552 1949 2840 2180 1989 2136 1766 1848 3004
ASI (µm2, mean ± std) range (µm2) 0.128±0.122
0.003–1.033
0.130±0.122
0.008–0.764
0.120±0.108
0.006–0.672
0.299±0.323
0.012–4.019
0.290±0.305
0.005–3.543
0.248±0.278
0.006–2.038
0.187±0.109
0.010–0.702
0.158±0.095
0.006–0.569
0.174±0.104
0.005–1.113
Dendrite diameter
(µm, mean ± std)
0.60±0.10 0.56±0.06 0.57±0.09 0.89±0.24 0.82±0.20 0.86±0.25 1.31±0.14 1.32±0.16 1.38±0.19
Dendrite length
(µm, mean ± std)
23.3±5.4 23.2±6.9 21.9±6.8 26.8±5.9 23.8±7.5 23.7±8.0 8.19±2.97 8.68±3.00 8.66±3.92
Spine density (with/without synapse) by dendrite surface area
(#/µm2, mean ± std)
1.72±0.30 2.17±0.33 2.00±0.34 0.76±0.22 0.78±0.23 0.84±0.23 1.83±0.30 2.16±0.44 1.97±0.51
Process density (spines without synapse) by dendrite surface area
(#/µm2, mean ± std)
0.04±0.03 0.06±0.06 0.07±0.08 0.12±0.07 0.10±0.06 0.15±0.09 0.08±0.06 0.13±0.07 0.19±0.10
Synapse density (spines with synapse) by dendrite surface area
(#/µm2, mean ± std)
1.69±0.30 2.12±0.34 1.93±0.32 0.64±0.20 0.68±0.22 0.69±0.19 1.76±0.28 2.04±0.41 1.78±0.46
Nonperforated synapse density by dendrite surface area
(#/µm2, mean ± std)
1.27±0.26 1.72±0.29 1.47±0.29
Perforated synapse density by dendrite surface area
(#/µm2, mean ± std)
0.41±0.13 0.36±0.10 0.44±0.18
Synapse density (spines with synapse) by dendrite length
(#/µm, mean ± std)
3.14±0.60 3.69±0.50 3.41±0.50 7.86±1.39 9.07±1.73 8.29±1.82
Nonperforated synapse density by dendrite length
(#/µm, mean ± std)
2.38±0.52 3.00±0.43 2.59±0.35
Perforated synapse density by dendrite length
(#/µm, mean ± std)
0.77±0.23 0.63±0.16 0.78±0.31
Perforated synapses
% of synapses per mouse
(mean ± std)
24.5 ± 1.3% 17.6 ± 1.9% 23.2 ± 5.3%
Oblique spines
% of synapses per mouse
(mean ± std)
4.8 ± 1.7% 4.7 ± 0.9% 5.2 ± 2.8% 8.5 ± 2.2% 10.8 ± 3.3% 10.0 ± 1.7% 7.0 ± 6.0% 5.6 ± 3.5% 1.8 ± 2.1%
Incomplete synapses (go off the image) % of spines with synapse per mouse (mean ± std) 1.0 ± 0.9% 1.7 ± 0.9% 1.5 ± 1.5% 2.2 ± 2.2% 2.8 ± 5.2% 4.0 ± 4.4% 0.8 ± 1.5% 1.2 ± 0.3% 1.2 ± 0.7%
Spines with spine apparatus
% of spines with synapse per mouse (mean ± std)
8.2 ± 0.7% 10.1 ± 3.1% 13.5 ± 3.5% 30.1 ± 4.0% 29.2 ± 2.5% 26.1 ± 4.5% 2.2 ± 3.6% 6.4 ± 9.8% 1.8 ± 3.1%
Spines with endosome/s
% of spines with synapse per mouse (mean ± std)
34.8 ± 9.4% 42.9 ± 12.4% 41.3 ± 9.5% 46.4 ± 11.1% 67.2 ± 8.0% 57.5 ± 10.0% 96.3 ± 7.4% 98.9 ± 1.5% 99.8 ± 0.5%
Synapses with coated vesicle
% of spines with synapse per mouse (mean ± std)
2.8 ± 2.2% 2.9 ± 1.3% 1.8 ± 1.1% 2.5 ± 1.8% 4.3 ± 3.2% 2.6 ± 1.7% 1.5 ± 1.9% 0.2 ± 0.2% 0.1±0.2%
Synapses with spinula
% of spines with synapse per mouse (mean ± std)
19.4 ± 1.9% 10.1 ± 3.8% 14.0 ± 3.2% 1.7 ± 2.0% 1.3 ± 1.4% 1.1 ± 0.5% 1.6 ± 1.0% 10.3 ± 13.5% 22.7 ± 16.6%
Synapses with MVB
% of spines with synapse per mouse (mean ± std)
5.3 ± 2.3% 2.7 ± 3.2% 3.4 ± 3.2% 6.4 ± 3.5% 6.6 ± 2.9% 3.3 ± 2.2% 3.4 ± 4.1% 5.7 ± 8.0% 2.8 ± 3.9%
Synapses with presynaptic mitochondrion
% of spines with synapse per mouse (mean ± std)
30.3 ± 2.1% 30.3 ± 3.7% 31.6 ± 3.6% 34.7 ± 4.2% 35.1 ± 2.1% 33.7 ± 3.3% 58.0 ± 1.9% 61.8 ± 7.5% 57.3 ± 4.4%
Branched synapses
% of spines with synapse per mouse (mean ± std)
15.0 ± 3.7% 15.8 ± 4.9% 13.5 ± 1.6% 13.9 ± 6.1% 12.2 ± 3.2% 13.7 ± 3.1% 17.8 ± 3.3% 21.0 ± 7.4% 14.1 ± 2.4%