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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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5 relations

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
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Effects of neonatal serotonin depletion on the development of rat dentate granule cells.
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Selective enhancement of axonal branching of cultured dentate gyrus neurons by neurotrophic factors
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
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Compensatory synapse growth in aged animals after neuronal death
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
1975
Highly Cited
1975
The formation of synapses in amphibian striated muscle during development.
1. A study has been made of the formation of synapses in developing reinnervated and cross‐reinnervated amphibian twitch muscles… 
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… 
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