Modern understanding of the coexistence of chemical and electrical synapses, however, suggests that both models are physiologically significant; it could be said that the Nobel committee acted with great foresight in awarding the Prize jointly.
Porén, a comprensión moderna da coexistencia de sinapses químicas e eléctricas suxire que ambos os modelos son fisioloxicamente significativos, polo que parece que o comité do Nobel acertou outorgando o premio conxuntamente.