A gap junction composed of connexin43 channel subunits is shown with its hypothesized linkage to a SOC via the scaffolding protein zonula occludens-1 (ZO-1) 11; other proteins are dynamically ...

The same kind of neurons can have completely different wiring diagrams in the rat and mouse, as mice lack intercellular molecular channels known as gap junctions, researchers at Karolinska Institutet ...

Gap junctions Gap junctions are part of the intercalated discs. When one cardiac muscle cell is stimulated to contract, a gap junction transfers the stimulation to the next cardiac cell.

The results indicate that gap junctions are a critical early step in both the integration of grafted neurons into host circuits and in protection of neurons from death. The authors propose that ...