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The Journal of Neuroscience, June 1, 1999, 19(11):4472-4483
Dendritic Dynamics In Vivo Change during Neuronal
Maturation
Gang Yi
Wu,
Dong Jing
Zou,
Indrani
Rajan, and
Hollis
Cline
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York 11724
In vivo imaging of optic tectal neurons in the intact
Xenopus tadpole permits direct observation of the
structural dynamics that occur during dendritic arbor formation. Based
on images of single DiI-labeled neurons collected at daily intervals
over a period of 6 d, we divided tectal cell development into
three phases according to the total length of the dendritic arbor.
During phase 1, the cell differentiates from a neuroepithelial cell
type and extends an axon out of the tectum. The total dendritic branch length (TDBL) is <100 µm. During phase 2, when TDBL is 100-400 µm, the dendritic arbor grows rapidly. During phase 3, when TDBL is
>400 µm, the dendritic arbor grows slowly and appears stable. Neurons at different positions along the rostrocaudal developmental axis of the tectum were imaged at 2 hr intervals over 6 hr and at 24 hr
intervals over several days. Images collected at 2 hr intervals were
analyzed to determine rates of branch additions and retractions.
Morphologically complex, phase 3 neurons show half the rate of branch
additions and retractions as phase 2 neurons. Therefore, rapidly
growing neurons have dynamic dendritic arbors, and slower-growing
neurons are structurally stable. The change in growth rate and
dendritic arbor dynamics from phase 2 to phase 3 correlates with the
developmental increase in synaptic strength in neurons located along
the rostrocaudal tectal axis. The data are consistent with the idea
that strong synaptic inputs stabilize dendritic arbor structures and
that weaker synaptic inputs are permissive for a greater degree of
dynamic rearrangements and a faster growth rate in the dendritic arbor.
Key words:
activity-dependent; Xenopus; dendrite; retinotectal; glutamate receptor; plasticity
Copyright © 1999 Society for Neuroscience 0270-6474/99/19114472-12$05.00/0
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