A physiological Na+ signal activates mitochondrial PINK1 to couple synaptic depression to caspase-3-dependent spine pruning
Benjamin Chun‐Kit Tong, Inmaculada Segura, Simone Wanderoy…·Angelika Bettina Harbauer
This study identifies a Na+-PINK1 signaling pathway that links NMDA receptor activity to mitochondrial fission and caspase-3-dependent synapse elimination during long-term depression.