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Science 29 July 1983:
Vol. 221. no. 4609, pp. 466 - 468
DOI: 10.1126/science.6867723
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Science, Vol 221, Issue 4609, 466-468
Copyright © 1983 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Electrical synapse formation depends on interaction of mutually growing neurites

RD Hadley, SB Kater, and CS Cohan

A neuron's competence to form electrical synapses depends on its growth status. Experiments in situ and in cell culture with identified neurons of the snail Helisoma demonstrate that active neurite outgrowth from both potential partners must be spatially and temporally coincident for electrical synapse formation to occur.


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