Wang, X., et al. Requirement for microglia for the maintenance of synaptic function and integrity in the mature retina.

Microglia, the principal resident immune cell of the CNS, exert significant influence on neurons during development and in pathological situations. However, if and how microglia contribute to normal neuronal function in the mature uninjured CNS is not well understood. We used the model of the adult mouse retina, a part of the CNS amenable to […]

Electrophysiology has enabled detailed views of the biophysics of membrane proteins, such as voltage gated ion channels or neurotransmitter receptors (Hille, 2001). Even the functions of many transporters and pumps have been clarified due to their electrogenic or ohmic properties (Fahlke et al., 2016). In some cases, electrophysiological methods have been skillfully applied to ion channels in […]