The authors explain that an action potential that reach an axon terminal emits a small electrical field as it "annihilates". This happens even though there is no gap junction, at chemical synapses.

The Dorsetshire Gap, the target of this walk, is a junction of ancient trackways at a natural break in the high ridge between Nordon Hill and Nettlecombe Tout. The same routes still converge at ...

Researchers at Yale and the University of Connecticut discovered that electrical synapses in the brain play a vital role in filtering sensory information, enabling animals to make context-specific ...

While chemical synapses often take center stage, it appears they’re not the only stars of the show. Recent research from scientists at Yale and the University of Connecticut has revealed the ...

This is best understood for chemical synapses, and we know far less about how electrical synaptic configurations modulate sensory information processing and context-specific behaviors. We discovered ...

How electrical synapses fine-tune sensory information for better decisions Date: January 8, 2025 Source: Yale University Summary: Scientists have taken a major step in understanding how animal ...

Scientists at Yale and the University of Connecticut have taken a major step in understanding how animal brains make decisions, revealing a crucial role for electrical synapses in “filtering ...

New Haven, Conn. — Scientists at Yale and the University of Connecticut have taken a major step in understanding how animal brains make decisions, revealing a crucial role for electrical synapses in ...

Their research reveals that electrical synapses play a crucial role in “filtering” sensory inputs, allowing animals to make context-specific choices. This study highlights how a specific configuration ...

Anatomical gap junction network and our circuit model. Average appearance rate as cell-pair with strong transmission in the WDTMs. The average appearance rate of all cell-pairs is represented as a ...