In their May 2015 Scientific American article “Cellular Small Talk,”Dale W. Laird, Paul D. Lampe and Ross G. Johnson report on recent discoveries showing that the disruption of cellular structures ...

Neighboring cells exchange molecular information via channels that directly connect them. Disruption of this signaling system can lead to disorders ranging from hearing loss to heart disease Like ...

Gap-junctional communication between neurons was first described several decades ago in crayfish, and was later studied by electrophysiological means in mammals. This field of research gained new ...

The emergence of gap junctions is a hallmark in the evolution of life from single-cell to multicellular organisms. For the first time, they enabled true social interactions between cells by allowing ...

Motor neurons are the final stage of neural processing for the execution of motor behaviours. Traditionally, motor neurons have been viewed as the ‘final common pathway’, serving as passive recipients ...