Enhanced functions of electrical junctions.
Electrical synapses and synchrony are nearly synonymous. In this issue of Neuron, Vervaeke et al. broaden this longstanding association. They found that in the Golgi cell network of the cerebellum, electrical synapses synchronize resting activity, and cause surround inhibition and desynchronization in response to excitatory input.
Connors
Barry W
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Department of Neuroscience, Box GL-N, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA. bc@brown.edu
Zolnik
Timothy A
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Lee
Seung-Chan
SC