Mashanskiĭ V F, Markov Iu V, Shpunt V Kh, Li S E, Mirkin A S
Arkh Anat Gistol Embriol. 1983 Mar;84(3):53-60.
Localization and distribution of the gap junctions in the human epidermis have been studied. They are mainly concentrated in the area of biologically active (acupunctive) points and in so called meridians connecting these points. A supposition is made that the gap junction system performs certain integration of the information from the skin surface and its aneural transmission to remote areas. Discovery of a regulated gap junction system in relatively low organized animals (previously described by the authors), as well as revealing of such a system in mammals, makes it possible to suppose that the system is phylogenetically the most ancient one performing a directed transmission of an information simultaneously with and besides the neural system.
人类表皮中缝隙连接的定位和分布已得到研究。它们主要集中在生物活性（穴位）点区域以及连接这些点的所谓经络中。有人推测，缝隙连接系统对来自皮肤表面的信息进行一定的整合，并将其无神经传导至远处区域。作者之前描述过在相对低等动物中发现了受调控的缝隙连接系统，以及在哺乳动物中揭示了这样一个系统，这使得人们有可能推测该系统在系统发育上是最古老的，它与神经系统同时并在神经系统之外进行信息的定向传递。
