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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 27.
Published in final edited form as: Front Biol (Beijing). 2010 Aug;5(4):304–323. doi: 10.1007/s11515-010-0650-0

Fig. 2. Common dendritic spine types in the CNS.

Fig. 2

Three types of dendritic spines are commonly found in the CNS. A: the long and thin filipodia spine with no head enlargement; B: the mushroom-like spine with a bulbous head attached to the dendrite by a narrow neck; and C: the short and stubby spine with no neck. It is believed that long, thin spines are mostly immature spines, and they develop into the more mature mushroom-like spines. CNS: central nervous system.