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synaptogenesis

Known as: synapse assembly, synapse biogenesis, synapse formation 
The aggregation, arrangement and bonding together of a set of components to form a synapse. [GOC:mah]
National Institutes of Health

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Broader (2)

Neurogenesisnervous system development
negative regulation of synapse assembly

Narrower (2)

postsynaptic membrane assemblysynapse assembly involved in innervation

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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Differential Roles for Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome Protein in Immune Synapse Formation and IL-2 Production1
Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein (WASP)-deficient T cells exhibit defects in IL-2 production that are widely believed to stem… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Expression and function of the neurotransmitter serotonin during development of the Helisoma nervous system.
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Embryonic to adult conversion of neural cell adhesion molecules in normal and staggerer mice.
The neural cell adhesion molecule (N-CAM) has an unusually high amount of sialic acid (28-35 g/100 g of polypeptide) and shows… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Prenatal and postnatal development of GABA‐accumulating cells in the occipital neocortex of rat
The development of the 3H‐GABA‐accumulating cells in the neocortex has been followed by light microscopical autoradiography, and… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Interactions between neurons and their targets during in vivo synaptogenesis.
In vivo synaptogenesis is described in a simple vertebrate system, the chick ciliary ganglion, a parasympathetic autonomic… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Induction of cholinergic enzymes in chick ciliary ganglion and iris muscle cells during synapse formation.
1. In chick ciliary ganglia and irises, cholineacetyltransferase (ChAc) and acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activities were measured… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
The cerci and abdominal giant fibres of the house cricket, Acheta domesticus. I. Anatomy and physiology of normal adults
The abdominal cerci of crickets are clothed with approximately 3400 hair and campaniform sensilla. Their axons form functional… 
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Development of acetylcholine receptor clusters on cultured muscle cells.
Clusters of acetylcholine receptors were formed in the absence of neurons during the development of cultured chick-embryo… 
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Trophic Interaction between Cloned Tissue Culture Lines of Nerve and Muscle
Tissue culture of neural tumour cells with skeletal muscle provides a model for the early stages of synapse formation. Functional… 
Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
The onset of synapse formation in spinal cord cultures as studied by electron microscopy.
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