Neuroscience: The Hidden Diversity of Electrical Synapses

Alberto E Pereda

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2019.04.002

Neuroscience: The Hidden Diversity of Electrical Synapses

Curr Biol. 2019 May 20;29(10):R372-R375. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.04.002.

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: 31112689
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.04.002

Abstract

The complete description of the expression of gap junction proteins in the nervous system of the worm reveals a great complexity of their distribution amongst different neuronal classes, opening an unprecedented opportunity to expose the functional diversity of electrical synapses.

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MeSH terms

Animals
Caenorhabditis elegans
Connectome*
Connexins
Electrical Synapses*
Gap Junctions

Substances

Connexins