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Gap Junctions in the Nervous System pp 301–312Cite as

Spreading Depression—A Gap Junction Mediated Event?

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Abstract

Neural activity is typically detected and expressed in terms of electrical activity. Yet, several recent studies suggest that an electrically silent signaling pathway, diffusion of second messengers across gap junctions, contributes to local communication in the brain. This chapter evaluates current knowledge concerning gap junction-mediated signaling in the brain.

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Nedergaard, M., Goldman, S. (1996). Spreading Depression—A Gap Junction Mediated Event?. In: Gap Junctions in the Nervous System. Neuroscience Intelligence Unit. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-21935-5_19

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