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Synaptogenesis

Synaptogenesis is the developmental biological process through which synapses, the specialized junctions for neuronal communication, are formed between neurons during nervous system development.

10.8K

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Running increases cell proliferation and neurogenesis in the adult mouse dentate gyrus

Henriette van Praag, Gerd Kempermann, Fred H. Gage · Nature Neuroscience · 1999 · 3.9K citations

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The Classical Complement Cascade Mediates CNS Synapse Elimination

Beth Stevens, Nicola J. Allen, Luis E Vazquez et al. · Cell · 2007 · 3.3K citations · Full text

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Regional differences in synaptogenesis in human cerebral cortex

Peter R. Huttenlocher, Arun S. Dabholkar · The Journal of Comparative Neurology · 1997 · 3.1K citations · Full text

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Synaptic, transcriptional and chromatin genes disrupted in autism

Silvia De Rubeis, Xin He, Arthur P. Goldberg et al. · Nature · 2014 · 2.9K citations · Full text

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Synaptic density in human frontal cortex — Developmental changes and effects of aging

Huttenlocher Peter R. · Brain Research · 1979 · 2.7K citations

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Authors

38.9K

  1. JR
    Joshua R. Sanes

    Harvard University, United States

    54 publications · 9.2K citations

    46

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  2. MW
    Masahiko Watanabe

    Hokkaido University, Japan

    65 publications · 6.4K citations

    45

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  3. TC
    Thomas C. Südhof

    Howard Hughes Medical Institute, United States

    46 publications · 8.5K citations

    40

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  4. CW
    Carl W. Cotman

    University of California, Irvine, United States

    38 publications · 5K citations

    34

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  5. EK
    Eunjoon Kim

    Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea

    38 publications · 3.5K citations

    29

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Institutions

4.2K

  1. Howard Hughes Medical Institute

    Chevy Chase, United States

    155 h-index

    1K publications

    244.3K citations

  2. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    127 h-index

    1.2K publications

    233.5K citations

  3. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    93 h-index

    716 publications

    160.9K citations

  4. Inserm

    Paris, France

    91 h-index

    1.4K publications

    130K citations

  5. University of California, San Francisco

    San Francisco, United States

    89 h-index

    612 publications

    126.8K citations

  6. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    87 h-index

    685 publications

    96.8K citations

  7. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    84 h-index

    602 publications

    85.2K citations

  8. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    84 h-index

    1.3K publications

    103K citations

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  1. Neuron

    352 publications · 81.2K citations

    172

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  2. Journal of Neuroscience

    904 publications · 98.3K citations

    166

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  3. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 327 publications · 44.3K citations

    123

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  4. Nature Neuroscience

    150 publications · 41.1K citations

    118

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  5. Nature

    143 publications · 49.3K citations

    97

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