Skip to main content

Main menu

  • HOME
  • CONTENT
    • Early Release
    • Featured
    • Current Issue
    • Issue Archive
    • Blog
    • Collections
    • Podcast
  • TOPICS
    • Cognition and Behavior
    • Development
    • Disorders of the Nervous System
    • History, Teaching and Public Awareness
    • Integrative Systems
    • Neuronal Excitability
    • Novel Tools and Methods
    • Sensory and Motor Systems
  • ALERTS
  • FOR AUTHORS
  • ABOUT
    • Overview
    • Editorial Board
    • For the Media
    • Privacy Policy
    • Contact Us
    • Feedback
  • SUBMIT

User menu

Search

  • Advanced search
eNeuro
eNeuro

Advanced Search

 

  • HOME
  • CONTENT
    • Early Release
    • Featured
    • Current Issue
    • Issue Archive
    • Blog
    • Collections
    • Podcast
  • TOPICS
    • Cognition and Behavior
    • Development
    • Disorders of the Nervous System
    • History, Teaching and Public Awareness
    • Integrative Systems
    • Neuronal Excitability
    • Novel Tools and Methods
    • Sensory and Motor Systems
  • ALERTS
  • FOR AUTHORS
  • ABOUT
    • Overview
    • Editorial Board
    • For the Media
    • Privacy Policy
    • Contact Us
    • Feedback
  • SUBMIT
PreviousNext
Research ArticleNew Research, Neuronal Excitability

Microglia Enhance Synapse Activity to Promote Local Network Synchronization

Ryohei Akiyoshi, Hiroaki Wake, Daisuke Kato, Hiroshi Horiuchi, Riho Ono, Ako Ikegami, Koichiro Haruwaka, Toshiaki Omori, Yoshihisa Tachibana, Andrew J. Moorhouse and Junichi Nabekura
eNeuro 11 October 2018, 5 (5) ENEURO.0088-18.2018; https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0088-18.2018
Ryohei Akiyoshi
1Division of Homeostatic Development, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Okazaki, Japan 444-8585
2Department of Physiological Sciences, the Graduate School for Advanced Study, Hayama, Japan 240-0193
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Hiroaki Wake
3Division of System Neuroscience, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan 650-0017
6Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Saitama, Japan 100-0004
7Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Saitama, Japan 100-0004
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • ORCID record for Hiroaki Wake
Daisuke Kato
1Division of Homeostatic Development, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Okazaki, Japan 444-8585
3Division of System Neuroscience, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan 650-0017
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Hiroshi Horiuchi
1Division of Homeostatic Development, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Okazaki, Japan 444-8585
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Riho Ono
3Division of System Neuroscience, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan 650-0017
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Ako Ikegami
3Division of System Neuroscience, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan 650-0017
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Koichiro Haruwaka
1Division of Homeostatic Development, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Okazaki, Japan 444-8585
2Department of Physiological Sciences, the Graduate School for Advanced Study, Hayama, Japan 240-0193
3Division of System Neuroscience, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan 650-0017
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Toshiaki Omori
4Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan 657-8501
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Yoshihisa Tachibana
3Division of System Neuroscience, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan 650-0017
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • ORCID record for Yoshihisa Tachibana
Andrew J. Moorhouse
5School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia 2052
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • ORCID record for Andrew J. Moorhouse
Junichi Nabekura
1Division of Homeostatic Development, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Okazaki, Japan 444-8585
2Department of Physiological Sciences, the Graduate School for Advanced Study, Hayama, Japan 240-0193
6Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Saitama, Japan 100-0004
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • ORCID record for Junichi Nabekura
  • Article
  • Figures & Data
  • Info & Metrics
  • eLetters
  • PDF
Loading

Published eLetters

Guidelines

As a forum for professional feedback, submissions of letters are open to all. You do not need to be a subscriber. To avoid redundancy, we urge you to read other people's letters before submitting your own. Name, current appointment, place of work, and email address are required to send a letter, and will be published with your review. We also require that you declare any competing financial interests. Unprofessional submissions will not be considered or responded to.

Submit a Response to This Article
Compose eLetter

More information about text formats

Plain text

  • No HTML tags allowed.
  • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
  • Lines and paragraphs break automatically.
Author Information
First or given name, e.g. 'Peter'.
Your last, or family, name, e.g. 'MacMoody'.
Your email address, e.g. higgs-boson{at}gmail.com
Your role and/or occupation, e.g. 'Orthopedic Surgeon'.
Your organization or institution (if applicable), e.g. 'Royal Free Hospital'.
Statement of Competing Interests
CAPTCHA
This question is for testing whether or not you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.
7 + 13 =
Solve this simple math problem and enter the result. E.g. for 1+3, enter 4.

Vertical Tabs

Jump to comment:

No eLetters have been published for this article.
Back to top

In this issue

eneuro: 5 (5)
eNeuro
Vol. 5, Issue 5
September/October 2018
  • Table of Contents
  • Index by author
Email

Thank you for sharing this eNeuro article.

NOTE: We request your email address only to inform the recipient that it was you who recommended this article, and that it is not junk mail. We do not retain these email addresses.

Enter multiple addresses on separate lines or separate them with commas.
Microglia Enhance Synapse Activity to Promote Local Network Synchronization
(Your Name) has forwarded a page to you from eNeuro
(Your Name) thought you would be interested in this article in eNeuro.
CAPTCHA
This question is for testing whether or not you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.
Print
View Full Page PDF
Citation Tools
Microglia Enhance Synapse Activity to Promote Local Network Synchronization
Ryohei Akiyoshi, Hiroaki Wake, Daisuke Kato, Hiroshi Horiuchi, Riho Ono, Ako Ikegami, Koichiro Haruwaka, Toshiaki Omori, Yoshihisa Tachibana, Andrew J. Moorhouse, Junichi Nabekura
eNeuro 11 October 2018, 5 (5) ENEURO.0088-18.2018; DOI: 10.1523/ENEURO.0088-18.2018

Citation Manager Formats

  • BibTeX
  • Bookends
  • EasyBib
  • EndNote (tagged)
  • EndNote 8 (xml)
  • Medlars
  • Mendeley
  • Papers
  • RefWorks Tagged
  • Ref Manager
  • RIS
  • Zotero
Respond to this article
Share
Microglia Enhance Synapse Activity to Promote Local Network Synchronization
Ryohei Akiyoshi, Hiroaki Wake, Daisuke Kato, Hiroshi Horiuchi, Riho Ono, Ako Ikegami, Koichiro Haruwaka, Toshiaki Omori, Yoshihisa Tachibana, Andrew J. Moorhouse, Junichi Nabekura
eNeuro 11 October 2018, 5 (5) ENEURO.0088-18.2018; DOI: 10.1523/ENEURO.0088-18.2018
Twitter logo Facebook logo Mendeley logo
  • Tweet Widget
  • Facebook Like
  • Google Plus One

Jump to section

  • Article
    • Visual Abstract
    • Abstract
    • Significance Statement
    • Introduction
    • Materials and Methods
    • Results
    • Discussion
    • Footnotes
    • References
    • Synthesis
    • Author Response
  • Figures & Data
  • Info & Metrics
  • eLetters
  • PDF

Keywords

  • calcium imaging
  • in vivo
  • microglia
  • synapse
  • two photon

Responses to this article

Respond to this article

Jump to comment:

No eLetters have been published for this article.

Related Articles

Cited By...

More in this TOC Section

New Research

  • A Very Fast Time Scale of Human Motor Adaptation: Within Movement Adjustments of Internal Representations during Reaching
  • TrkB Signaling Influences Gene Expression in Cortistatin-Expressing Interneurons
  • Optogenetic Activation of β-Endorphin Terminals in the Medial Preoptic Nucleus Regulates Female Sexual Receptivity
Show more New Research

Neuronal Excitability

  • Role of Concentration in Opposing Effects of Anandamide on Nociceptive Synapses versus Non-Nociceptive Synapses
  • Motor Protein Disruption Critically Alters Organelle Trafficking and Excitation–Contraction Coupling
  • Spike Generation in Electroreceptor Afferents Introduces Additional Spectral Response Components by Weakly Nonlinear Interactions
Show more Neuronal Excitability

Subjects

  • Neuronal Excitability
  • Home
  • Alerts
  • Follow SFN on BlueSky
  • Visit Society for Neuroscience on Facebook
  • Follow Society for Neuroscience on Twitter
  • Follow Society for Neuroscience on LinkedIn
  • Visit Society for Neuroscience on Youtube
  • Follow our RSS feeds

Content

  • Early Release
  • Current Issue
  • Latest Articles
  • Issue Archive
  • Blog
  • Browse by Topic

Information

  • For Authors
  • For the Media

About

  • About the Journal
  • Editorial Board
  • Privacy Notice
  • Contact
  • Feedback
(eNeuro logo)
(SfN logo)

Copyright © 2026 by the Society for Neuroscience.
eNeuro eISSN: 2373-2822

The ideas and opinions expressed in eNeuro do not necessarily reflect those of SfN or the eNeuro Editorial Board. Publication of an advertisement or other product mention in eNeuro should not be construed as an endorsement of the manufacturer’s claims. SfN does not assume any responsibility for any injury and/or damage to persons or property arising from or related to any use of any material contained in eNeuro.