Neurotransmission: Chemical and electrical interneuron coupling.
Recent studies have described the coupling between pairs of neocortical interneurons involving both electrical and chemical transmission; these new results may have important implications for the mechanisms underlying neuronal synchrony and rhythmic activity in the brain.
Thomson
A M
AM
Department of Physiology, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, NW3 2PF, UK. alext@rfhsm.ac.uk
D000818:Animals; D004594:Electrophysiology; D007395:Interneurons / Q000502:physiology*; D019579:Neocortex / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D009435:Synaptic Transmission