Complementary action of chemical and electrical synapses to perception

@article{Borges2015ComplementaryAO,
  title={Complementary action of chemical and electrical synapses to perception},
  author={Fernando S. Borges and Ewandson Luiz Lameu and Antonio Marcos Batista and Kelly C. Iarosz and Murilo S. Baptista and Ricardo Luiz Viana},
  journal={Physica A-statistical Mechanics and Its Applications},
  year={2015},
  volume={430},
  pages={236-241}
}
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