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ArticleNature2026

Long-term editing of brain circuits using an engineered electrical synapse.

Elizabeth Ransey, Gwenaëlle E Thomas, Elias M Wisdom, Agustin Almoril-Porras, Ryan Bowman, Elise Adamson, Kathryn K Walder-Christensen, Jesse A White, Dalton N Hughes, Hannah Schwennesen and 9 more

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Article in Nature, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors.

Elizabeth RanseyHoward Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD, USA.
Gwenaëlle E ThomasHoward Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD, USA.
Elias M WisdomDepartment of Neuroscience and Department of Cell Biology, Program in Cellular Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration and Repair, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7549-4127
Agustin Almoril-PorrasDepartment of Neuroscience and Department of Cell Biology, Program in Cellular Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration and Repair, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Ryan BowmanDeparment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
Elise AdamsonHoward Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD, USA.
Kathryn K Walder-ChristensenHoward Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6757-0698
Jesse A WhiteHoward Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD, USA.
Dalton N HughesHoward Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD, USA.
Hannah SchwennesenDeparment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
Caly FergusonHoward Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD, USA.
Kay M TyeHoward Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD, USA.
Stephen D MagueHoward Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD, USA.
Longgang NiuDepartment of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7209-7436
Zhao-Wen WangDepartment of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3574-8556
Daniel Colón-RamosDepartment of Neuroscience and Department of Cell Biology, Program in Cellular Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration and Repair, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0223-7717
Rainbo HultmanDepartment of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.
Nenad BursacDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5688-6061
Kafui DzirasaHoward Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD, USA. kafui.dzirasa@duke.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4280-9994

Funding

Integrated Cellular and Tissue Engineering for Ischemic Heart DiseaseU01HL134764 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI BURSAC, NENAD, KAMP, TIMOTHY J. · 2016 to 2022
$7.7M
Synaptic function of BK channel-interacting proteinsR01MH085927 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCH OF MED/DNT · PI ZHAO-WEN WANG · 2010 to 2026
$6.7M
Powering the Brain: the Cell Biology of NeuroenergeticsDP1NS111778 · NINDS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI COLON-RAMOS, DANIEL A · 2018 to 2022
$5.9M
Precision editing of neural circuits using engineered electrical synapsesDP1MH132709 · NIMH · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI Kafui Dzirasa · 2022 to 2026
$5.7M
Cellular and molecular mechanisms that temporally and spatially restrict synapticR01NS076558 · NINDS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI COLON-RAMOS, DANIEL A · 2012 to 2022
$4.1M
Dissecting and modifying temporal dynamics underlying major depressive disorderR01MH120158 · NIMH · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI DZIRASA, KAFUI · 2019 to 2023
$3.4M
MULTIREGIONAL ELECTRICAL ENCODING OF SOCIAL AGGRESSIONR01MH125430 · NIMH · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI CARLSON, DAVID E, DZIRASA, KAFUI · 2021 to 2025
$2.9M
Engineering Human Heart Tissues with Polyploid CardiomyocytesR01HL164013 · NHLBI · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI BURSAC, NENAD · 2022 to 2025
$2.2M
In Vitro and In Situ Engineering of Fibroblasts for Cardiac RepairR01HL132389 · NHLBI · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI BURSAC, NENAD · 2016 to 2019
$2.0M
Engineered BacNav and BacCav for Improved Excitability and ContractionR01EB032726 · NIBIB · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI BURSAC, NENAD · 2022 to 2025
$1.9M
Engineering of Human Excitable Tissues from Unexcitable CellsR01HL126524 · NHLBI · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI BURSAC, NENAD · 2016 to 2019
$1.9M
A fully biological platform for monitoring mesoscale neural activityR21EY029451 · NEI · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI DZIRASA, KAFUI · 2018 to 2019
$473k
NEI NIH HHS R21 EY029451NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL126524NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL132389NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL164013NHLBI NIH HHS U01 HL134764NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB032726NIMH NIH HHS DP1 MH132709NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH085927NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH120158NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH125430NINDS NIH HHS DP1 NS111778NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS076558
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Electrical signalling across distinct populations of brain cells underpins cognitive and emotional function. However, approaches that selectively regulate electrical signalling between two cellular components of a mammalian neural circuit remain sparse. Here we engineered an electrical synapse composed of two connexin proteins

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BrainConnexinsElectrical SynapsesAmino Acid MotifsAnimalsCaenorhabditis elegansMiceModels, MolecularTime FactorsConnexins

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PMID42129559
PMCPMC13372691

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