Mind the Gap Junctions: The Importance of Electrical Synapses to Visual Processing

Jonathan B Demb; Joshua H Singer

doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2016.04.007

Mind the Gap Junctions: The Importance of Electrical Synapses to Visual Processing

Neuron. 2016 Apr 20;90(2):207-9. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2016.04.007.

Authors

Jonathan B Demb¹, Joshua H Singer²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA; Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA. Electronic address: jonathan.demb@yale.edu.
² Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA. Electronic address: jhsinger@umd.edu.

Abstract

In this issue of Neuron, Kuo et al. (2016) show that coordinated interaction between electrical and chemical synapses in a defined retinal circuit enhances sensitivity to moving objects. Their work demonstrates how electrical and chemical synapses combine to improve information processing in a specific area of the CNS.

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Electrical Synapses*
Gap Junctions*
Humans
Neurons
Retina
Synapses

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