Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics: deciphering brain complexity in health and disease

M Piwecka, N Rajewsky, A Rybak-Wolf - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2023 - nature.com
In the past decade, single-cell technologies have proliferated and improved from their
technically challenging beginnings to become common laboratory methods capable of …

The glymphatic system: a novel component of fundamental neurobiology

LM Hablitz, M Nedergaard - Journal of Neuroscience, 2021 - Soc Neuroscience
Throughout the body, lymphatic fluid movement supports critical functions including
clearance of excess fluid and metabolic waste. The glymphatic system is the analog of the …

[HTML][HTML] A high-resolution transcriptomic and spatial atlas of cell types in the whole mouse brain

Z Yao, CTJ van Velthoven, M Kunst, M Zhang… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The mammalian brain consists of millions to billions of cells that are organized into many cell
types with specific spatial distribution patterns and structural and functional properties …

HypoMap—a unified single-cell gene expression atlas of the murine hypothalamus

L Steuernagel, BYH Lam, P Klemm, GKC Dowsett… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The hypothalamus plays a key role in coordinating fundamental body functions. Despite
recent progress in single-cell technologies, a unified catalog and molecular characterization …

[HTML][HTML] Generation of hypothalamic arcuate organoids from human induced pluripotent stem cells

WK Huang, SZH Wong, SR Pather, PTT Nguyen… - Cell stem cell, 2021 - cell.com
Human brain organoids represent remarkable platforms for recapitulating features of human
brain development and diseases. Existing organoid models do not resolve fine brain …

Circadian rhythms and astrocytes: the good, the bad, and the ugly

MH Hastings, M Brancaccio… - Annual review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
This review explores the interface between circadian timekeeping and the regulation of
brain function by astrocytes. Although astrocytes regulate neuronal activity across many time …

[HTML][HTML] Defining the age-dependent and tissue-specific circadian transcriptome in male mice

CA Wolff, MA Gutierrez-Monreal, L Meng, X Zhang… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
Cellular circadian clocks direct a daily transcriptional program that supports homeostasis
and resilience. Emerging evidence has demonstrated age-associated changes in circadian …

Defining circadian disruption in neurodegenerative disorders

CS Colwell - The Journal of clinical investigation, 2021 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Neurodegenerative diseases encompass a large group of conditions that are clinically and
pathologically diverse yet are linked by a shared pathology of misfolded proteins. The …

A circadian clock regulates efflux by the blood-brain barrier in mice and human cells

SL Zhang, NF Lahens, Z Yue, DM Arnold… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is critical for neural function. We report here circadian
regulation of the BBB in mammals. Efflux of xenobiotics by the BBB oscillates in mice, with …

Suprachiasmatic VIP neurons are required for normal circadian rhythmicity and comprised of molecularly distinct subpopulations

WD Todd, A Venner, C Anaclet, RY Broadhurst… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The hypothalamic suprachiasmatic (SCN) clock contains several neurochemically defined
cell groups that contribute to the genesis of circadian rhythms. Using cell-specific and …