The Variable Strength of Electrical Synapses

Alberto E Pereda

doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2016.05.031

The Variable Strength of Electrical Synapses

Neuron. 2016 Jun 1;90(5):912-4. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2016.05.031.

Author

Alberto E Pereda¹

Affiliation

¹ Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA. Electronic address: alberto.pereda@einstein.yu.edu.

PMID: 27253444
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2016.05.031

Abstract

In contrast to chemical synapses, less is known regarding the determinants of the strength of electrical synapses. New evidence from Szoboszlay et al. (2016) shows that the number of gap junctions is the dominant factor underlying the strength of electrical coupling between cerebellar interneurons.

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MeSH terms

Electrical Synapses*
Gap Junctions*
Humans
Interneurons
Synapses