Walker F D, Hild W J
Science. 1969 Aug 8;165(3893):602-3. doi: 10.1126/science.165.3893.602.
Applied electric current is transmitted between mammalian glial cells grown in tissue culture. A similar electrical coupling exists between certain neurons as well as between neuroglia and neurons. Although this phenomenon may be a peculiarity of mammalian neural cells maintained in culture, it may, on the other hand, represent a phenomenon with greater neurophysiological significance, a process whereby neurons can become silent.
施加的电流在组织培养中生长的哺乳动物神经胶质细胞之间传递。在某些神经元之间以及神经胶质细胞与神经元之间也存在类似的电耦合。尽管这种现象可能是培养中的哺乳动物神经细胞所特有的，但另一方面，它可能代表一种具有更大神经生理学意义的现象，即神经元能够变得沉默的过程。
