title: Enhanced functions of electrical junctions.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience, Box GL-N, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA. bc@brown.edu
authors.forename: Barry W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Connors
authors.forename: Timothy A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Zolnik
authors.forename: Seung-Chan
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Lee