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Team shows that electrical synapses occur throughout brain, can influence individual nerve cells
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Team shows that electrical synapses occur throughout brain, can influence individual nerve cells

by Max Planck Society Electrical synapses connect neurons in almost all brains; however, little is known about them. A study now shows for the first time where these specific synapses occur in the fruit fly brain and that they influence the function and stability of nerve cells. Credit: MPI for Biological Intelligence, i.f. / Julia...