000009032 001__ 9032 000009032 005__ 20180208225136.0 000009032 0247_ $$2pmid$$apmid:21423488 000009032 0247_ $$2pmc$$apmc:PMC3059708 000009032 0247_ $$2DOI$$a10.3389/fnsyn.2010.00002 000009032 037__ $$aPreJuSER-9032 000009032 041__ $$aeng 000009032 082__ $$a610 000009032 1001_ $$0P:(DE-Juel1)VDB33818$$aRollenhagen, A.$$b0$$uFZJ 000009032 245__ $$aThe mossy fiber bouton: the "common" or the "unique" synapse? 000009032 260__ $$aLausanne$$bFrontiers Research Foundation$$c2010 000009032 300__ $$a1 - 9 000009032 3367_ $$0PUB:(DE-HGF)16$$2PUB:(DE-HGF)$$aJournal Article 000009032 3367_ $$2DataCite$$aOutput Types/Journal article 000009032 3367_ $$00$$2EndNote$$aJournal Article 000009032 3367_ $$2BibTeX$$aARTICLE 000009032 3367_ $$2ORCID$$aJOURNAL_ARTICLE 000009032 3367_ $$2DRIVER$$aarticle 000009032 440_0 $$022123$$aFrontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience$$v2$$x1663-3563$$y2 000009032 500__ $$aRecord converted from VDB: 12.11.2012 000009032 520__ $$aSynapses are the key elements for signal processing and plasticity in the brain. They are composed of nearly the same structural subelements, an apposition zone including a pre- and postsynaptic density, a cleft and a pool of vesicles. It is, however, their actual composition that determines their different behavior in synaptic transmission and plasticity. Here, we describe and discuss the structural factors underlying the unique functional properties of the hippocampal mossy fiber (MF) synapse. Two membrane specializations, active zones (AZs; transmitter release sites), and puncta adherentia (PA), putative adhesion complexes were found. On average, individual boutons had ∼20 AZs with a mean surface area of 0.1 μm(2) and a short distance of 0.45 μm between individual AZs. Mossy fiber boutons (MFBs) and their target structures were isolated from each other by astrocytes, but fine glial processes never reached the AZs. Therefore, two structural factors are likely to promote synaptic cross-talk: the short distance and the absence of fine glial processes between individual AZs. Thus, synaptic crosstalk may contribute to the high efficacy of hippocampal MF synapses. On average, an adult bouton contained ∼16,000 synaptic vesicles; ∼600 vesicles were located within 60 nm from the AZ, ∼4000 between 60 nm and 200 nm, and the remaining beyond 200 nm, suggesting large readily releasable, recycling, and reserve pools. Thus, the size of the three pools together with the number and distribution of AZs underlie the unique extent of synaptic efficacy and plasticity of the hippocampal MF synapse. 000009032 536__ $$0G:(DE-Juel1)FUEK409$$2G:(DE-HGF)$$aFunktion und Dysfunktion des Nervensystems$$cP33$$x0 000009032 588__ $$aDataset connected to Pubmed 000009032 7001_ $$0P:(DE-Juel1)VDB86960$$aLübke, J.H.R.$$b1$$uFZJ 000009032 773__ $$0PERI:(DE-600)2592086-8$$a10.3389/fnsyn.2010.00002$$gp. 1 - 9$$p1 - 9$$q1 - 9$$tFrontiers in synaptic neuroscience$$x1663-3563$$y2010 000009032 8567_ $$2Pubmed Central$$uhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3059708 000009032 909CO $$ooai:juser.fz-juelich.de:9032$$pVDB 000009032 9131_ $$0G:(DE-Juel1)FUEK409$$bGesundheit$$kP33$$lFunktion und Dysfunktion des Nervensystems$$vFunktion und Dysfunktion des Nervensystems$$x0 000009032 9141_ $$y2010 000009032 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0020$$aNo peer review 000009032 9201_ $$0I:(DE-Juel1)INM-2-20090406$$gINM$$kINM-2$$lMolekulare Organisation des Gehirns$$x0 000009032 970__ $$aVDB:(DE-Juel1)118410 000009032 980__ $$aVDB 000009032 980__ $$aConvertedRecord 000009032 980__ $$ajournal 000009032 980__ $$aI:(DE-Juel1)INM-2-20090406 000009032 980__ $$aUNRESTRICTED