ReviewBMC cell biology2016
Characteristics and plasticity of electrical synaptic transmission.
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24 citing papers in PubMed.
- From channels to communication networks: a perspective on connexins, pannexins and innexins.Cell and tissue research · 2026Article
- Frequency-dependent coupling in response to oscillatory inputs in minimal networks of electrically coupled nodes: Gap junction networks and spatially extended neurons.Biological cybernetics · 2026Article
- The mysterious middlemen making your vision pop: understanding the function of amacrine cells.The Journal of physiology · 2025Review
- Connexin43 and Its Regulation of Astrocyte Gap Junction Function: Influencing Depression Progression by Mediating Electrical and Chemical Signals.CNS neuroscience & therapeutics · 2025Review
- A Comprehensive Review on Bioprinted Graphene-Based Material (GBM)-Enhanced Scaffolds for Nerve Guidance Conduits.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Electrical synapse molecular diversity revealed by proximity-based proteomic discovery.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- Synaptic-like plasticity in 2D nanofluidic memristor from competitive bicationic transport.Science advances · 2024Article
- Energy and synchronization between two neurons with nonlinear coupling.Cognitive neurodynamics · 2024Article
- Patterns of connexin36 and eGFP reporter expression among motoneurons in spinal sexually dimorphic motor nuclei in mouse.International journal of physiology, pathophysiology and pharmacology · 2024Article
- D-type K+ current rules the function of electrically coupled neurons in a species-specific fashion.The Journal of general physiology · 2023Article
- Advances in Conductive Hydrogel for Spinal Cord Injury Repair and Regeneration.International journal of nanomedicine · 2023Review
- When microscopy and electrophysiology meet connectomics-Steve Massey's contribution to unraveling the structure and function of the rod/cone gap junction.Frontiers in ophthalmology · 2023Review
- Function and Plasticity of Electrical Synapses in the Mammalian Brain: Role of Non-Junctional Mechanisms.Biology · 2022Review
- The giant escape neurons of crayfish: Past discoveries and present opportunities.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Review
- Differences in the spatial fidelity of evoked and spontaneous signals in the degenerating retina.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2022Article
- Neuronal Switching between Single- and Dual-Network Activity via Modulation of Intrinsic Membrane Properties.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2021Article
- Calmodulin Binding to Connexin 35: Specializations to Function as an Electrical Synapse.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020Article
- INX-18 and INX-19 play distinct roles in electrical synapses that modulate aversive behavior in Caenorhabditis elegans.PLoS genetics · 2019Article
- Design principles of electrical synaptic plasticity.Neuroscience letters · 2019Review
- A Direct Comparison of Different Measures for the Strength of Electrical Synapses.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2019Article
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Abstract
Electrical synapses are an omnipresent feature of nervous systems, from the simple nerve nets of cnidarians to complex brains of mammals. Formed by gap junction channels between neurons, electrical synapses allow direct transmission of voltage signals between coupled cells. The relative simplicity of this arrangement belies the sophistication of these synapses. Coupling via electrical synapses can be regulated by a variety of mechanisms on times scales ranging from milliseconds to days, and active properties of the coupled neurons can impart emergent properties such as signal amplification, phase shifts and frequency-selective transmission. This article reviews the biophysical characteristics of electrical synapses and some of the core mechanisms that control their plasticity in the vertebrate central nervous system.
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