Neuroimmunology: Brain police

Nature Reviews Neuroscience 19, 60 (2018). doi:10.1038/nrn.2018.5 Author: Sian Lewis Microglial surveillance of the brain is dependent on maintenance of microglia membrane potential by the K+ channel THIK1, which is potentiated by ATP released at sites of tissue injury acting on P2Y12 receptors.
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