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Permeability and Structure of Electrotonic Junctions and Intercellular Movements of Tracers

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Intracellular Staining in Neurobiology

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In this paper I shall present a brief review of the data that led to our concept of the structure of the electrotonic junction or synapse. Some find the arguments persuasive, to a variable degree, and certainly the idea is at least hinted at in the work of many who have studied these junctions. In the second part of the paper I shall deal with some effects of histological fixation on junctional properties and the implications for interpretation of tracer measurements. Much of this work is in progress, and I am indebted to my colleagues for permission to use and refer to unpublished findings of collaborative work.

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    Stanley B. Kater

  2. Division of Neurobiology, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA

    Charles Nicholson

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Bennett, M.V.L. (1973). Permeability and Structure of Electrotonic Junctions and Intercellular Movements of Tracers. In: Kater, S.B., Nicholson, C. (eds) Intracellular Staining in Neurobiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-87123-8_8

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