Seeing is relieving: electrical synapses between visualized neurons

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Bennett, MVL [1 ]
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[1] Albert Einstein Coll Med, Dept Neurosci, Bronx, NY 10461 USA
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10.1038/71082
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Q189 [神经科学];
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071006 ;
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Two reports of electrical synapses between identified inhibitory neurons in the neocortex suggest that many neuron types known to communicate chemically may also be electrically coupled.
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