# Synaptogenesis **Domain:** Neuroscience / Development and Plasticity **Doc Type:** Scientific Concept Node **Maturity:** Established **Related:** [[Neural Plasticity]], [[Synaptic Ensemble]], [[Long-Term Memory Substrate]] --- ## Definition **Synaptogenesis** is the formation and maturation of synaptic connections between neurons. It occurs during development and continues in activity-dependent and repair-related forms across life. ## Continuity relevance Memory and identity emerge from changing networks. Capturing connectivity at one time must be distinguished from capturing the rules and molecular state through which connections continue to form, stabilize, weaken, or disappear.