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Science 1 April 1983:
Vol. 220. no. 4592, pp. 84 - 87
DOI: 10.1126/science.6298940
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Science, Vol 220, Issue 4592, 84-87
Copyright © 1983 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Bidirectional transmission at the rectifying electrotonic synapse: a voltage-dependent process

C Giaume and H Korn

Rectifying properties of electrotonic synapses established by the crayfish giant motor fiber are associated with a more negative resting membrane potential in the presynaptic than in the postsynaptic side of the junction. An increased junctional conductance and bidirectional transmission are produced, with almost no delay, by inverting this polarization.


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