Gap junctions may exhibit all of the following features except for the ability to:

Gap junctions may exhibit all of the following features except for the ability to:

Gap junctions may exhibit all of the following features except for the ability to:





  1. pass small metabolites, including some second messengers.
  2. pass electrical current bidirectionally.
  3. pass electrical current unidirectionally.
  4. amplify small incoming electrical signals into large regenerative potentials.
  5. synchronize the activity of populations of nerve cells.


Answer: 4