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Nature Neuroscience - 9, 1203 - 1204 (2006)
doi:10.1038/nn1006-1203

Hooking up new synapses

Thomas Biederer

The author is in the Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA. thomas.biederer@yale.edu

Synapse formation requires adhesive interactions between pre- and postsynaptic membranes. A new study reports that netrin-G2 ligand (NGL-2) interactions with netrin-G2 induces excitatory synapses, expanding the range of known synapse-inducing signals.

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