Table 6.

Connection probabilities, FSI-FSI and PN-FSI connections

TypeParametersGap Junction between FSIsFSI to FSIUnidirectional FSI to PNUnidirectional PN to FSIReciprocal PN to FSI
Overall connectivity8%26%34%12%16%
Connectivity of subtype--UnidirectionalBi-directional------
Between coupled FSIsBetween uncoupled FSIsBetween coupled FSIsBetween uncoupled FSIs--
50%19%25%3%--
  • Data is from in vitro BLA reports (Woodruff and Sah, 2007) limiting connectivity from/to FSIs to within ∼300 μm (also, see Cammarota et al., 2013).