About the Authors

Alexander Skupin

skupin@mpimp-golm.mpg.de

Affiliation Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam, Germany

Helmut Kettenmann

Affiliation Molecular Neuroscience, Max-Delbrück Centre for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany

Martin Falcke

Affiliation Mathematical Cell Physiology, Max-Delbrück Centre for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AS HK MF. Performed the experiments: AS. Analyzed the data: AS MF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AS. Wrote the paper: AS HK MF.