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Synapses

Known as: Synaptic junction, Synapsis, neuron-neuron junction 
The junction between a nerve fiber of one neuron and another neuron or muscle fiber or glial cell; the site of interneuronal communication. As the… 
National Institutes of Health

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Calcium/Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type II Subunit AlphaCell surfaceCentral Nervous SystemGap Junctions

Narrower (11)

Chemical synapseElectrical SynapsesNeuroeffector JunctionNeuromuscular Junction

Broader (4)

Intercellular JunctionsNerve Endingsintercellular connectionneuron structure

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Review
2012
Review
2012
Structure, Function, and Modulation of GABAA Receptors*
The GABAA receptors are the major inhibitory neurotransmitter receptors in mammalian brain. Each isoform consists of five… 
Review
2010
Review
2010
Synapse Pathology in Psychiatric and Neurologic Disease
Inhibitory and excitatory synapses play a fundamental role in information processing in the brain. Excitatory synapses usually… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Defective Neuromuscular Synapses in Mice Lacking Amyloid Precursor Protein (APP) and APP-Like Protein 2
Biochemical and genetic studies place the amyloid precursor protein (APP) at the center stage of Alzheimer's disease (AD… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Cooperation between independent hippocampal synapses is controlled by glutamate uptake
Localized action of released neurotransmitters is the basis for synaptic independence. In the hippocampal neuropil, where… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
The Developing Synapse: Construction and Modulation of Synaptic Structures and Circuits
Synapse formation and stabilization in the vertebrate central nervous system is a dynamic process, requiring bi-directional… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
The Number of Glutamate Transporter Subtype Molecules at Glutamatergic Synapses: Chemical and Stereological Quantification in Young Adult Rat Brain
The role of transporters in shaping the glutamate concentration in the extracellular space after synaptic release is… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Activation of ATP P2X receptors elicits glutamate release from sensory neuron synapses
Painful stimuli to the skin initiate action potentials in the peripheral terminals of dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons. These… 
Review
1994
Review
1994
Bridging the cleft at GABA synapses in the brain
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Cholinergic suppression specific to intrinsic not afferent fiber synapses in rat piriform (olfactory) cortex.
1. Differences in the cholinergic suppression of afferent and intrinsic fiber synaptic transmission were studied in the rat… 
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Neuron‐glia relationship during granule cell migration in developing cerebellar cortex. A Golgi and electonmicroscopic study in Macacus rhesus
  • P. Rakić
  • The Journal of comparative neurology
  • 1971
  • Corpus ID: 45819295
The cytology of the postmitotic migratory granule cell and its relationship to Bergmann glial processes was examined with Golgi… 
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