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Inhibitory Synapse Formation

Inhibitory Synapse Formation is a biological process denoting the development of specialized neuronal junctions that mediate synaptic inhibition through the targeted recruitment of GABAergic or glycinergic presynaptic terminals and complementary postsynaptic receptor complexes, distinguishing it from excitatory synaptogenesis by its reliance on distinct molecular cues and neurotransmitter systems.

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Cholinergic and inhibitory synapses in a pathway from motor‐axon collaterals to motoneurones

J. C. Eccles, P. Fatt, K. Koketsu · The Journal of Physiology · 1954 · 1.2K citations

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Control of Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapse Formation by Neuroligins

Ben Chih, Holly S. Engelman, Peter Scheiffele · Science · 2005 · 710 citations · Full text

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Activity-dependent regulation of inhibitory synapse development by Npas4

Yingxi Lin, Brenda L. Bloodgood, Jessica Hauser Chatterjee et al. · Nature · 2008 · 648 citations · Full text

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Excitatory and inhibitory autaptic currents in isolated hippocampal neurons maintained in cell culture.

John M. Bekkers, Charles F. Stevens · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1991 · 593 citations

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TRPA1 channels regulate astrocyte resting calcium and inhibitory synapse efficacy through GAT-3

Eiji Shigetomi, Xiaoping Tong, Kelvin Y. Kwan et al. · Nature Neuroscience · 2011 · 473 citations · Full text

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    Ann Marie Craig

    University of British Columbia, Canada

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    Heinrich Betz

    Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Germany

    9 publications · 808 citations

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    Joachim Kirsch

    Heidelberg University, Germany

    8 publications · 793 citations

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    Jaewon Ko

    Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea

    8 publications · 534 citations

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    Thomas C. Südhof

    Howard Hughes Medical Institute, United States

    7 publications · 689 citations

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  1. Howard Hughes Medical Institute

    Chevy Chase, United States

    17 h-index

    37 publications

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  2. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    15 h-index

    67 publications

    8.7K citations

  3. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    13 h-index

    49 publications

    3.1K citations

  4. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    13 h-index

    40 publications

    4K citations

  5. Inserm

    Paris, France

    13 h-index

    47 publications

    3.7K citations

  6. Max Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine

    Göttingen, Germany

    11 h-index

    44 publications

    2.1K citations

  7. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    11 h-index

    36 publications

    7.5K citations

  8. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    11 h-index

    45 publications

    2.9K citations

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  1. Journal of Neuroscience

    52 publications · 5.2K citations

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  2. The Journal of Comparative Neurology

    19 publications · 939 citations

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  3. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 15 publications · 2.1K citations

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  4. Journal of Biological Chemistry

    JBC · 14 publications · 1.4K citations

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  5. Neuron

    11 publications · 1.7K citations

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