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Synchronous activity of inhibitory networks in neocortex requires electrical synapses containing connexin36.
Neuron - 16 Aug 2001
Deans M R, Gibson J R, Sellitto C, Connors B W, Paul D L
Abstract excerpt
Inhibitory interneurons often generate synchronous activity as an emergent property of their interconnections. To determine the role of electrical synapses in such activity, we constructed mice expressing histochemical reporters in place of the gap junction protein Cx36. Localization of the reporter with somatostatin and parvalbumin suggested that Cx36 was expressed largely by interneurons. Electrical synapses...
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