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The Journal of Neuroscience, October 20, 2004, 24(42):9244-9249; doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3339-04.2004

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Annual Meeting Mini-Symposium
Cell Adhesion Molecules in Synapse Formation

Philip Washbourne,¹ Alexander Dityatev,² Peter Scheiffele,³ Thomas Biederer,⁴ Joshua A. Weiner,⁵ Karen S. Christopherson,⁶ and Alaa El-Husseini⁷

¹Institute of Neuroscience, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, ²Centre for Molecular Neurobiology, Medical University of Hamburg, D-20246 Hamburg, Germany, ³Department of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York 10032, ⁴Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, ⁵Department of Biological Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, ⁶Department of Neurobiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305, and ⁷Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z3

Neuronal transmission relies on signals transmitted through a vast array of excitatory and inhibitory neuronal synaptic connections. How do axons communicate with dendrites to build synapses, and what molecules regulate this interaction? There is a wealth of evidence suggesting that cell adhesion molecules (CAMs) provide much of the information required for synapse formation. This review highlights the molecular mechanisms used by CAMs to regulate presynaptic and postsynaptic differentiation.

Key words: adhesion; axon terminal; dendrite; neuron; synapse; synaptogenesis

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Received Aug 14, 2004; revised September 3, 2004; accepted September 6, 2004.

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