Ephaptic coupling is a form of communication within the nervous system and is distinct from direct communication systems like electrical synapses and chemical synapses.

In this study, we examined an even less-discussed, third form of communication that is not mediated by chemicals or physical connections: ephaptic coupling. In principle, ephaptic …

Jan 16, 2011 · Ephaptic coupling is the feedback of extracellular fields onto the electrical potential across the neuronal membrane, independent of synapses.

3 days ago · In this case, ephaptic coupling might be instructive for synapse formation. We included calculations on ephaptic coupling with the geometry of an end-to-end synapse and …

Correlated firing usually arises from chemical or electrical synapses, but, surprisingly, neither is required to generate PC synchrony. We therefore assessed ephaptic coupling, a mechanism …

Feb 25, 2019 · They call it ephaptic (or electric) coupling, a reference to the known and observed low-level electric field in the brain—but now believed to also be capable of generating neural …

Here we aim to model mesoscopic ephaptic activity in the human brain and explore its trajectory during aging by characterizing the electric field generated by cortical dipoles using realistic …

Jul 7, 2023 · We suggest that ephaptic coupling (Anastassiou et al. 2011; Ruffini et al. 2020) ties together the areas that participate in engram complexes. In other words, we test the …

However, in brain regions of lower conductivity, extracellular fields can feed back and significantly influence the underlying transmembrane currents and dynamics of nearby neurons—this is …

Nov 7, 2018 · Rapid synchronization is made possible because ephaptic signals generated by PCs peak during the rising phase of action potentials. These findings show that ephaptic …