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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jan 6.
Published in final edited form as: Int Rev Cell Mol Biol. 2016 Jan 6;322:247–280. doi: 10.1016/bs.ircmb.2015.10.003

Figure 1.

Figure 1

The stages of neuronal development and associated membrane trafficking proteins. During development neurons progress through stereotypical morphological stages. First, a nascent neuron forms small protrusions during neuritogenesis. These small protrusions elongate during neurite outgrowth and one neurite takes on the characteristics of an axon during axon specification. Axons are then guided toward their synaptic partners by extracellular cues. Axon branching and dendrite formation and branching allow a single neuron to make multiple synaptic connections. Lastly, nascent synaptic spines form during synaptogenesis.