Structure, function, and pharmacology of glutamate receptor ion channels

KB Hansen, LP Wollmuth, D Bowie, H Furukawa… - Pharmacological …, 2021 - ASPET
Many physiologic effects of l-glutamate, the major excitatory neurotransmitter in the
mammalian central nervous system, are mediated via signaling by ionotropic glutamate …

Undisclosed, unmet and neglected challenges in multi-omics studies

S Tarazona, A Arzalluz-Luque, A Conesa - Nature Computational …, 2021 - nature.com
Multi-omics approaches have become a reality in both large genomics projects and small
laboratories. However, the multi-omics research community still faces a number of issues …

A multimodal cell census and atlas of the mammalian primary motor cortex

Principal manuscript editors, Analysis coordination… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Here we report the generation of a multimodal cell census and atlas of the mammalian
primary motor cortex as the initial product of the BRAIN Initiative Cell Census Network …

A transcriptomic and epigenomic cell atlas of the mouse primary motor cortex

Z Yao, H Liu, F Xie, S Fischer, RS Adkins, AI Aldridge… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Single-cell transcriptomics can provide quantitative molecular signatures for large, unbiased
samples of the diverse cell types in the brain,–. With the proliferation of multi-omics datasets …

Evolution of glutamatergic signaling and synapses

LL Moroz, MA Nikitin, PG Poličar, AB Kohn… - …, 2021 - Elsevier
Glutamate (Glu) is the primary excitatory transmitter in the mammalian brain. But, we know
little about the evolutionary history of this adaptation, including the selection of l-glutamate …

Analyzing modern biomolecules: the revolution of nucleic-acid sequencing–Review

G Dorado, S Gálvez, TE Rosales, VF Vásquez… - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Recent developments have revolutionized the study of biomolecules. Among them are
molecular markers, amplification and sequencing of nucleic acids. The latter is classified into …

Microfluidics applications for high-throughput single cell sequencing

W Zhou, Y Yan, Q Guo, H Ji, H Wang, T Xu… - Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
The inherent heterogeneity of individual cells in cell populations plays significant roles in
disease development and progression, which is critical for disease diagnosis and treatment …

Development, diversity, and death of MGE-derived cortical interneurons

RH Williams, T Riedemann - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
In the mammalian brain, cortical interneurons (INs) are a highly diverse group of cells. A key
neurophysiological question concerns how each class of INs contributes to cortical circuit …

Networks of habenula-projecting cortical neurons regulate cocaine seeking

VP Mathis, M Williams, C Fillinger, PJ Kenny - Science Advances, 2021 - science.org
How neurons in the medial prefrontal cortex broadcast stress-relevant information to
subcortical brain sites to regulate cocaine relapse remains unclear. The lateral habenula …

Single-cell RNA sequencing in Parkinson's disease

SX Ma, SB Lim - Biomedicines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Single-cell and single-nucleus RNA sequencing (sc/snRNA-seq) technologies have
enhanced the understanding of the molecular pathogenesis of neurodegenerative …