Molecular Configuration, Regulation and Function of Heterochannel Electrical Synapses
Atal Vats, Muraleedharan Sudhanand, Shivangi Verma, Ananya Bandyopadhyay, Nayantara Varma, Sandhya Padmanabhan Koushika, Vatsala Thirumalai, Abhishek Bhattacharya
The paper identifies a novel type of electrical synapse in C. elegans and zebrafish, called heterochannel synapses, formed by multiple innexin proteins and regulated by specific kinesins.
bioRxiv · Sep 14, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience