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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences  ·  9 July 2026  ·  From issue 04

The combinatorial innexin code of heterochannel electrical synapses governs synaptic function and is maintained by distinct cellular mechanisms

One nerve connection in a worm uses three different channel proteins working together.

Atal Vats, Muraleedharan Sudhanand et al.

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