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Chemical Synapses

Chemical Synapse is a type of intercellular junction that mediates signal transmission between neurons or between a neuron and an effector cell, distinguished by the release of neurotransmitters from the presynaptic terminal into the synaptic cleft to bind receptors on the postsynaptic membrane.

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The structure of the nervous system of the nematode <i>Caenorhabditis elegans</i>

Eileen Southgate, J. Nichol Thomson, Sydney Brenner · Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 1986 · 5.8K citations

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Nanotubular Highways for Intercellular Organelle Transport

Amin Rustom, Rainer Saffrich, Ivanka Marković et al. · Science · 2004 · 2K citations

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Short-term plasticity and long-term potentiation mimicked in single inorganic synapses

Takeo Ohno, Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, Tohru Tsuruoka et al. · Nature Materials · 2011 · 1.8K citations

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Chemical Nature of Synaptic Transmission in Vertebrates

K. Krnjević · Physiological Reviews · 1974 · 1.6K citations

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Endogenous cannabinoids mediate retrograde signalling at hippocampal synapses

Rachel I. Wilson, Roger A. Nicoll · Nature · 2001 · 1.6K citations

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  1. AE
    Alberto E. Pereda

    Albert Einstein College of Medicine, United States

    11 publications · 789 citations

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  2. JW
    Jiang Wang

    Tianjin University, China

    9 publications · 282 citations

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  3. VM
    Virginia M. Pickel

    Cornell University, United States

    9 publications · 483 citations

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  4. DG
    Dibakar Ghosh

    Indian Statistical Institute, India

    8 publications · 779 citations

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  5. HY
    Haitao Yu

    Tianjin University, China

    7 publications · 133 citations

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  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    30 h-index

    72 publications

    16.8K citations

  2. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    25 h-index

    72 publications

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  3. Inserm

    Paris, France

    21 h-index

    62 publications

    3.8K citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    21 h-index

    104 publications

    5.5K citations

  5. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    17 h-index

    61 publications

    16.1K citations

  6. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    17 h-index

    38 publications

    2.4K citations

  7. Howard Hughes Medical Institute

    Chevy Chase, United States

    17 h-index

    62 publications

    15.6K citations

  8. Albert Einstein College of Medicine

    Bronx, United States

    16 h-index

    50 publications

    3.9K citations

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  1. Journal of Neuroscience

    118 publications · 10.5K citations

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  2. The Journal of Comparative Neurology

    100 publications · 6.7K citations

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  3. Journal of Neurophysiology

    JN · 60 publications · 4.3K citations

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  4. The Journal of Physiology

    46 publications · 4K citations

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  5. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 36 publications · 4.6K citations

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