- Synapse adhesion/specificity/target recognition - synaptic target recognition
- Presynaptic assembly - presynaptic membrane assembly ; GO:0097105
- Postsynaptic assembly - postsynaptic membrane assembly ; GO:0097104 ; postsynaptic density assembly ; GO:0097107
- Synapse maturation - synapse maturation ; GO:0060074
- Synapse maintenance - TBA
- Synapse elimination - TBA
- Activity dependent/independent - TBA
- Glia-related modulation - TBA
namespace: biological_process
- def:"The aggregation, arrangement and bonding together of a set of components to form a synapse." [GOC:mah]
- synonym:"synapse biogenesis" EXACT [GOC:mah]
- synonym:"synaptogenesis" EXACT [GOC:mah]
- def:"Any process that modulates the frequency, rate or extent of synapse assembly, the aggregation, arrangement and bonding together of a set of components to form a synapse." [GOC:ai, GOC:pr]
- synonym:"regulation of synapse biogenesis" EXACT []
- synonym:"regulation of synaptogenesis" EXACT []
- def:"The process that organizes a synapse so that it attains its fully functional state. Synaptic maturation plays a critical role in the establishment of effective synaptic connections in early development." [GOC:dph, GOC:ef]
- synonym:"synaptic maturation" EXACT []
- def:"The aggregation, arrangement and bonding together of a set of components to form a postsynaptic membrane, a specialized area of membrane facing the presynaptic membrane on the tip of the nerve ending and separated from it by a minute cleft (the synaptic cleft)." [GOC:BHF, GOC:sjp, PMID:21424692]
- synonym:"post-synaptic membrane assembly" EXACT []
- def:"The aggregation, arrangement and bonding together of a set of components to form a presynaptic membrane, a specialized area of membrane of the axon terminal that faces the plasma membrane of the neuron or muscle fiber with which the axon terminal establishes a synaptic junction." [GOC:BHF, GOC:sjp, PMID:15797875, PMID:18550748]
- synonym:"pre-synaptic membrane assembly" EXACT []
- def:"The aggregation, arrangement and bonding together of a set of components to form a postsynaptic density, a region that lies adjacent to the cytoplasmic face of the postsynaptic membrane at excitatory synapse." [GOC:BHF, GOC:sjp, PMID:21525273]
- synonym:"post synaptic density assembly" EXACT []
- synonym:"post-synaptic density assembly" EXACT []
- synonym:"PSD assembly" EXACT []