Authors
Citation
Jm. Bekkers, NEUROPHYSIOLOGY - ARE AUTAPSES PRODIGAL SYNAPSES, Current biology, 8(2), 1997, pp. 52-55
Citations number
10
Journal title
ISSN journal
09609822
Volume
8
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
52 - 55
Database
ISI
SICI code
0960-9822(1997)8:2<52:N-AAPS>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
Recent evidence suggests that 'autapses' - synapses made by a neuron w
ith itself - are much more common in the brain than previously thought
, leading to the possibility that they are more than just curiosities
and may have a real physiological role.