Evidence map›Paper›PMID 21262466›Full record

ArticleNeuron2011

In vivo time-lapse imaging and serial section electron microscopy reveal developmental synaptic rearrangements.

Jianli Li, Alev Erisir, Hollis Cline

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Article in Neuron, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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35citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed, 60 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. Brain white matter structure and COMT gene are linked to second-language learning in adults.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2016
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jianli LiThe Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Alev Erisir
Hollis Cline
Scripps Research Institute · USUniversity of Virginia · US

Funding

Activity-dependent Development of Visual System DevelopmentR01EY011261 · NEI · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI CLINE, HOLLIS T. · 1996 to 2018
$11.1M
NIH Director's Pioneer Award (RMI)DP1OD000458 · OD · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI CLINE, HOLLIS T. · 2005 to 2009
$4.4M
DEVELOPING VISUAL CORTEX--AFFERENT TARGET RELATIONSHIPSR01EY012138 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CHARLOTTESVILLE · PI ERISIR, ALEV · 1999 to 2001
$253k
NCCDPHP CDC HHS DP10D000458NEI NIH HHS EY-011261-14S1NEI NIH HHS R01 EY-011261NEI NIH HHS R01 EY011261NEI NIH HHS R01 EY012138NEI NIH HHS R01-EY12138NIH HHS DP1 OD000458
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dendrites, axons, and synapses are dynamic during circuit development; however, changes in microcircuit connections as branches stabilize have not been directly demonstrated. By combining in vivo time-lapse imaging of Xenopus tectal neurons with electron microscope reconstructions of imaged neurons, we report the distribution and ultrastructure of synapses on individual vertebrate neurons and relate these synaptic properties to dynamics in dendritic and axonal arbor structure over hours or days of imaging. Dynamic dendrites have a high density of immature synapses, whereas stable dendrites have sparser, mature synapses. Axons initiate contacts from multisynapse boutons on stable branches. Connections are refined by decreasing convergence from multiple inputs to postsynaptic dendrites and by decreasing divergence from multisynapse boutons to postsynaptic sites. Visual deprivation or NMDAR antagonists decreased synapse maturation and elimination, suggesting that coactive input activity promotes microcircuit development by concurrently regulating synapse elimination and maturation of remaining contacts.

Indexed as

AnimalsDendritesMicroscopy, ElectronSynapsesSynaptic VesiclesTime-Lapse ImagingXenopus laevis

Identifiers

PMID21262466
PMCPMC3052740
OpenAlexW2027136237

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