Elektrická synapse

Elektrická synapse je mechanická a elektrická vazba v cca 3,5 nm tenké mezeře mezi presynaptickým a sousedním postsynaptickým neuronem (gap junction). Oproti mezeře v chemické synapsi je tato mezera cca 10x kratší.[1][2] V mnoha organismech existují oba typy synapsí vedle sebe.

Princip synapse

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Reference

Kandel, ER; Schwartz, JH; Jessell, TM (2000). Principles of Neural Science (4th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-8385-7701-6.
Hormuzdi SG, Filippov MA, Mitropoulou G, Monyer H, Bruzzone R (March 2004). "Electrical synapses: a dynamic signaling system that shapes the activity of neuronal networks". Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1662 (1-2): 113–37. doi:10.1016/j.bbamem.2003.10.023. PMID 15033583.

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[1] Kandel, ER; Schwartz, JH; Jessell, TM (2000). Principles of Neural Science (4th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-8385-7701-6.

[2] Hormuzdi SG, Filippov MA, Mitropoulou G, Monyer H, Bruzzone R (March 2004). "Electrical synapses: a dynamic signaling system that shapes the activity of neuronal networks". Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1662 (1-2): 113–37. doi:10.1016/j.bbamem.2003.10.023. PMID 15033583.