Weak Electrical Fields in the Brain Help Neurons Fire Together (IMAGE)

California Institute of Technology

Weak Electrical Fields in the Brain Help Neurons Fire Together

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Ephaptic coupling leads to coordinated spiking of nearby neurons, as measured using a 12-pipette electrophysiology setup developed in the laboratory of coauthor Henry Markram.

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Image from Figure 4 in Anastassiou et., <I>Nature Neuroscience</I>, 2011

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