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Synaptogenesis
| Name: | Synaptogenesis |
| Description: | is the formation of synapses. Although it occurs throughout a healthy person's lifespan, an explosion of synapse formation occurs during early brain development. Synaptogenesis is particularly important during an individual's "critical period" of life, during which there is a certain degree of neuronal pruning due to competition for neural growth factors by neurons and synapses. Processes that are not used, or inhibited during this critical period will fail to develop normally later on in life. Currently, the neuromuscular junction is the most well-characterized synapse, however new techniques have allowed for the study of hippocampal and cerebellar synapses. - definition adapted from Wikipedia |
| Synonym(s): | synapse formation |
| Related to: | Development |
| Super-category: | Biological process |
| Id: | GO:0007416 |
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| Definition | is the formation of synapses. Although it … is the formation of synapses. Although it occurs throughout a healthy person's lifespan, an explosion of synapse formation occurs during early brain development. Synaptogenesis is particularly important during an individual's "critical period" of life, during which there is a certain degree of neuronal pruning due to competition for neural growth factors by neurons and synapses. Processes that are not used, or inhibited during this critical period will fail to develop normally later on in life. Currently, the neuromuscular junction is the most well-characterized synapse, however new techniques have allowed for the study of hippocampal and cerebellar synapses. - definition adapted from Wikipedia apses. - definition adapted from Wikipedia |
| Id | GO:0007416 + |
| Label | Synaptogenesis + |
| ModifiedDate | 8 July 2009 + |
| RelatedTo | Development + |
| SuperCategory | Biological process + |
| Synonym | synapse formation + |