Network Functions and Plasticity: Perspectives from Studying Neuronal Electrical Coupling in Microcircuits

Focuses on the specific roles of electrical coupling in tractable, well-defined circuits, highlighting current research that offers novel insights for electrical coupling's roles in sensory and motor functions, neural computations, decision-making, regulation of network activity, circuit development, and learning and memory.

Bringing together a diverse group of international experts and their contributions using a variety of approaches to study different invertebrate and vertebrate model systems with a focus on the role of electrical coupling/gap junctions in microcircuits, this book presents a timely contribution for students and researchers alike.

Provides an easy-to-read introduction on neural circuits of the model system

Focuses on the specific roles of electrical coupling in tractable, well-defined circuits

Includes recent discoveries and findings that are presented in the context of historical background

Outlines outstanding issues and future research in the field