During the patch clamp experiments the cells were imaged on an IX71 microscope with a 60× 1.35-numerical aperture (NA) oil-immersion lens (Olympus). Fluorescence excitation was delivered using a 75 W Xenon Arc lamp (Cairn). The filter set used was that reported for ArcLight [7 (link)]. The excitation filter was FF02-472/30 (Semrock). The emission filter was FF01-496/LP (Semrock). The dichroic was FF495-Di03 (Semrock). The objective C-mount image was de-magnified by an Optem zoom system A45699 (Qioptiq LINOS, Inc., Fairport, NY) and projected onto the e2v CCD39 chip of NeuroCCD-SM 80 pixel × 80 pixel camera (RedShirtImaging,). The imaging apparatus was mounted on a Vibraplane Bench Top vibration isolation platform (Minus K Technology). The mechanical shutter in the incident light patch was mounted on a separate table. Images were recorded at a frame rate of 1kfps. The excitation light was 1 mW/mm2.