title: Neuroscience. Making synapses: a balancing act.
authors.affiliation: Picower Center for Learning and Memory, RIKEN-MIT Neuroscience Research Center, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. natashah@mit.edu
authors.forename: Natasha K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Hussain
authors.forename: Morgan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sheng
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015816:Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D018698:Glutamic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000166:cytology; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D009433:Neural Inhibition; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D017729:Presynaptic Terminals / Q000502:physiology*; D011485:Protein Binding; D051381:Rats; D013569:Synapses / Q000502:physiology*; D013570:Synaptic Membranes / Q000502:physiology*; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D015816:Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; C093438:neuroligin 1; C098003:neuroligin 2; C098004:neuroligin 3; C033652:postsynaptic density proteins; C086959:neurexin Ibeta; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid