The role of astrocytes from synaptic to non-synaptic plasticity.

Information storage and transfer in the brain require a high computational power. Neuronal network display various local or global mechanisms to allow information storage and transfer in the brain. From synaptic to intrinsic plasticity, the rules of input-output function modulation have been well characterized in neurons.

Different species, different gap junctions?

By describing the analogies and differences of a simple homologous circuit involving electrical synapses—the simplest form of synaptic communication—in two closely related species, this article demonstrates how we must be wary of cross-species generalizations.