Reticular Theory of Camillo Golgi and Restructuring Electrical Synapses in Syncytial Perforations

Abstract

Experimental data published earlier confirming the representations of the reticular theory of the organization of the nervous system are analyzed. It is noted that Sherrington’s evidence has refuted the main concept of the neuronal theory of Ramon y Cajal, the law of dynamic polarization of neurons. After the detection of gap junctions (GJs), the adhesion of neurites, their high electrical and metabolic permeability, and their cumulative interaction were detected. Data demonstrating that GJs are able to transform into syncytial perforations are given, and somatic GJs, under favorable conditions, can convert neurons into dikaryons. It is assumed that all the phenomena described are consecutive stages of a single process of reconstruction of the outer cell membrane of the neuron.