Electrical Synapses in the Thalamic Reticular Nucleus
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Electrical synapses in the thalamic reticular nucleus.
Neurons of the thalamic reticular nucleus (TRN) provide inhibitory input to thalamic relay cells and generate synchronized activity during sleep and seizures. It is widely assumed that TRN cells interact only via chemical synaptic connections. However, we show that many neighboring pairs of TRN neurons in rats and mice are electrically coupled. In paired-cell recordings, electrical synapses wer...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Neuroscience
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0270-6474,1529-2401
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-03-01002.2002