Cell-type-specific effects of age and sex on human cortical neurons

JF Chien, H Liu, BA Wang, C Luo, A Bartlett… - Neuron, 2024 - cell.com
Altered transcriptional and epigenetic regulation of brain cell types may contribute to
cognitive changes with advanced age. Using single-nucleus multi-omic DNA methylation …

A family portrait of human brain cells

A Weninger, P Arlotta - Science, 2023 - science.org
The brain is composed of multiple regions associated with distinct functions, which have
become further specialized in the human lineage. To define how this specialization is …

Beyond the usual suspects: multi-factorial computational models in the search for neurodegenerative disease mechanisms

AF Khan, Y Iturria-Medina - Translational Psychiatry, 2024 - nature.com
From Alzheimer's disease to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, the molecular cascades
underlying neurodegenerative disorders remain poorly understood. The clinical view of …

Neural cell diversity in the light of single-cell transcriptomics

SM Fernández-Moya, AJ Ganesh, M Plass - Transcription, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The development of highly parallel and affordable high-throughput single-cell
transcriptomics technologies has revolutionized our understanding of brain complexity …

A marmoset brain cell census reveals regional specialization of cellular identities

FM Krienen, KM Levandowski, H Zaniewski… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
The mammalian brain is composed of many brain structures, each with its own ontogenetic
and developmental history. We used single-nucleus RNA sequencing to sample over 2.4 …

Single-cell genomics and regulatory networks for 388 human brains

PS Emani, JJ Liu, D Clarke, M Jensen, J Warrell… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Single-cell genomics is a powerful tool for studying heterogeneous tissues such as the
brain. Yet little is understood about how genetic variants influence cell-level gene …

An integrative single-cell atlas for exploring the cellular and temporal specificity of genes related to neurological disorders during human brain development

S Kim, J Lee, IG Koh, J Ji, HJ Kim, E Kim… - … & Molecular Medicine, 2024 - nature.com
Single-cell technologies have enhanced comprehensive knowledge regarding the human
brain by facilitating an extensive transcriptomic census across diverse brain regions …

Drug targeting in psychiatric disorders—how to overcome the loss in translation?

K Khodosevich, K Dragicevic, O Howes - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2024 - nature.com
In spite of major efforts and investment in development of psychiatric drugs, many clinical
trials have failed in recent decades, and clinicians still prescribe drugs that were discovered …

Functional genomics and systems biology in human neuroscience

G Konopka, A Bhaduri - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Neuroscience research has entered a phase of key discoveries in the realm of
neurogenomics owing to strong financial and intellectual support for resource building and …

Single-Nucleus Landscape of Glial Cells and Neurons in Alzheimer's Disease

M Lu, J Li, Q Huang, D Mao, G Yang, Y Lan… - Molecular …, 2024 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease with a projected significant
increase in incidence. Therefore, this study analyzed single-nucleus AD data to provide a …