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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Neurosci Methods. 2012 Apr 10;207(2):137–147. doi: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2012.04.003

Figure 8.

Figure 8

The schematic illustrates use of phases of spine formation, maintenance and loss as a model for identifying the role of delayed spine formation (red), accelerated loss of spines (blue), delayed formation and accelerated loss of spines (yellow), or inhibited formation of spines (green) in spine density alterations, when compared to neurons of the control group (black). The maintenance phase is identified as the spine stabilization phase, consistent with observed AMPAR enrichment and increases in the head sizes of existing spines.