Gap junctions and epileptic seizures--two sides of the same coin?

Electrical synapses (gap junctions) play a pivotal role in the synchronization of neuronal ensembles which also makes them likely agonists of pathological brain activity. Although large body of experimental data and theoretical considerations indicate that coupling neurons by electrical synapses pro...

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Main Authors: Vladislav Volman, Matjaž Perc, Maxim Bazhenov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3105095?pdf=render