Sharp wave ripples (SPW‐Rs) represent the most synchronous population pattern in the
mammalian brain. Their excitatory output affects a wide area of the cortex and several …

Brain function relies on the ability of neurons to communicate with each other. Interneuronal
communication primarily takes place at synapses, where information from one neuron is …

Gap junctions are essential to the function of multicellular animals, which require a high
degree of coordination between cells. In vertebrates, gap junctions comprise connexins and …

Gap junctions consist of arrays of intercellular channels that enable adjacent cells to
communicate both electrically and metabolically. Gap junctions have a wide diversity of …

▪ Abstract Many neurons in the mammalian central nervous system communicate through
electrical synapses, defined here as gap junction–mediated connections. Electrical …

Database search has led to the identification of a family of proteins, the pannexins, which
share some structural features with the gap junction forming proteins of invertebrates and …

Gap junctions are channel-forming structures in contacting plasma membranes that allow
direct metabolic and electrical communication between almost all cell types in the …

Inhibitory interneurons often generate synchronous activity as an emergent property of their
interconnections. To determine the role of electrical synapses in such activity, we …

Neural processing occurs in parallel in distant cortical areas even for simple perceptual
tasks. Associated cognitive binding is believed to occur through the interareal …

Gap junctions consist of intercellular channels dedicated to providing a direct pathway for
ionic and biochemical communication between contacting cells. After an initial burst of …