• DOI:10.1073/PNAS.0406343101
Corpus ID: 18596434

Chemical and electrical synapses perform complementary roles in the synchronization of interneuronal networks.

@article{Kopell2004ChemicalAE,
  title={Chemical and electrical synapses perform complementary roles in the synchronization of interneuronal networks.},
  author={N. Kopell and B. Ermentrout},
  journal={Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America},
  year={2004},
  volume={101 43},
  pages={
          15482-7
        }
}

N. Kopell, B. Ermentrout

Published 2004

Chemistry, Medicine

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Electrical and chemical synapses exist within the same networks of inhibitory cells, and each kind of synapse is known to be able to foster synchrony among oscillating neurons. Using numerical and analytical techniques, we show here that the electrical and inhibitory coupling play different roles in the synchronization of rhythms in inhibitory networks. The parameter range chosen is motivated by gamma rhythms, in which the gamma-aminobutyric acid type A (GABAA)-mediated inhibition is relatively… CONTINUE READING

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