"Electrical Synapses" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Specialized junctions between NEURONS which connect the cytoplasm of one neuron to another allowing direct passage of an ion current.
| Descriptor ID |
D054351
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.850.180 A11.284.149.165.420.471.180 A11.284.149.165.420.780.180
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| Concept/Terms |
Electrical Synapses- Electrical Synapses
- Electrical Synapse
- Synapse, Electrical
- Synapses, Electrical
Neuronal Gap Junctions- Neuronal Gap Junctions
- Gap Junction, Neuronal
- Junction, Neuronal Gap
- Junctions, Neuronal Gap
- Neuronal Gap Junction
- Electrotonic Synapses
- Electrotonic Synapse
- Synapse, Electrotonic
- Gap Junctions, Neuronal
- Synapses, Electrotonic
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| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Electrical Synapses" by people in Profiles.
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Downregulation of glial genes involved in synaptic function mitigates Huntington's disease pathogenesis. Elife. 2021 04 19; 10.
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Phosphorylation of Connexin36 near the C-terminus switches binding affinities for PDZ-domain and 14-3-3 proteins in vitro. Sci Rep. 2020 10 27; 10(1):18378.
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ADAM22, a Kv1 channel-interacting protein, recruits membrane-associated guanylate kinases to juxtaparanodes of myelinated axons. J Neurosci. 2010 Jan 20; 30(3):1038-48.
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HDAC2 negatively regulates memory formation and synaptic plasticity. Nature. 2009 May 07; 459(7243):55-60.
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Morphology, molecular codes, and circuitry produce the three-dimensional complexity of the cerebellum. Annu Rev Cell Dev Biol. 2007; 23:549-77.