Aging reduces the potassium M current in sympathetic motor neurons, resulting in a hyperactive phenotype that can be reversed by pharmacological activation of these channels.

Through interactions with viral RNA and NS5, Zika virus changes the composition of the IGF2BP2-containing ribonucleoprotein complex for the benefit of the viral RNA amplification step of its life cycle.

Patch-walking is a novel automated patch clamp approach for finding synaptic connections in brain tissue, yielding 80–92% more probed connections than traditional approaches.