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Despite considerable progress in understanding the molecular components of synapses in the central nervous system, the ultrastructural rearrangements underlying synaptic development remain unclear. We used serial section transmission electron microscopy and three-dimensional reconstructions of the optic tectal neuropil of Xenopus laevis tadpoles to detect and quantify changes in synaptic ultrastructure over a 1-week period from stages 39 and 47, during which time the visual system of Xenopus tadpoles becomes functional. Synapse density, presynaptic maturation index, and number of synapses per axon bouton increase, whereas the number of DCVs per bouton decreases, between stages 39 and 47. The width of the synaptic cleft decreased and the diameter of postsynaptic profiles increased between stages 39 and 47 and then remained relatively unchanged after stage 47. We found no significant difference in synapse maturation between GABAergic and non-GABAergic synapses. To test the effect of visual experience on synaptogenesis, animals were deprived of visual experience for 3 days from stage 42 to 47. Visual deprivation decreased synapse maturation and the number of connections per bouton. Furthermore, visual deprivation increased the number of DCVs per bouton by more than twofold. The visual-deprivation-induced decrease in synaptic connections is specific to asymmetric non-GABAergic synapses; however, both symmetric GABAergic and asymmetric synapses show comparable increases in the number DCVs with visual deprivation. In both the control and the visually deprived animals, the number of DCVs per bouton is highly variable and does not correlate with either synapse maturation or the number of connected partners per bouton. These data suggest that synaptogenesis and DCV accumulation are regulated by visual experience and further suggest a complex spatial and temporal relation between DCV accumulation and synapse formation.
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