If an electrical synapse conducted an action potential "backward" (from what would normally be the postsynaptic neuron to the presynaptic neuron), would an action potential be conducted in a retrograde direction (along the axon toward the cell body)?

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Electrical synapses, unlike chemical synapses, allow for bidirectional flow of current due to their gap junctions. This means that if an action potential were conducted "backward," it could indeed propagate in a retrograde direction along the axon toward the cell body, as the physical and electrical properties that allow for action potential propagation do not inherently dictate a unidirectional flow.

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