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. 2008 Jan 17;586(Pt 6):1509–1517. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2007.150029

Figure 1. Dendritic arbor growth and synapse maturation are concurrent.

Figure 1

The diagram shows an immature neuron with a simple dendritic arbor and excitatory synapses which are predominated by NMDA-type glutamate receptors. As the neuron matures, the dendritic arbor becomes more complex and the synapses mature by adding AMPA-type glutamate receptors.