[HTML][HTML] What is a cell type and how to define it?

H Zeng - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Cell types are the basic functional units of an organism. Cell types exhibit diverse
phenotypic properties at multiple levels, making them challenging to define, categorize, and …

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 …

[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 …

Molecularly defined and spatially resolved cell atlas of the whole mouse brain

M Zhang, X Pan, W Jung, AR Halpern, SW Eichhorn… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
In mammalian brains, millions to billions of cells form complex interaction networks to enable
a wide range of functions. The enormous diversity and intricate organization of cells have …

The emergence and influence of internal states

SW Flavell, N Gogolla, M Lovett-Barron, M Zelikowsky - Neuron, 2022 - cell.com
Animal behavior is shaped by a variety of" internal states"—partially hidden variables that
profoundly shape perception, cognition, and action. The neural basis of internal states, such …

Distinct serotonergic pathways to the amygdala underlie separate behavioral features of anxiety

XD Yu, Y Zhu, QX Sun, F Deng, J Wan, D Zheng… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Anxiety-like behaviors in mice include social avoidance and avoidance of bright spaces.
Whether these features are distinctly regulated is unclear. We demonstrate that in mice …

Ion channel degeneracy, variability, and covariation in neuron and circuit resilience

JM Goaillard, E Marder - Annual review of neuroscience, 2021 - annualreviews.org
The large number of ion channels found in all nervous systems poses fundamental
questions concerning how the characteristic intrinsic properties of single neurons are …

Cerebellar nuclei evolved by repeatedly duplicating a conserved cell-type set

JM Kebschull, EB Richman, N Ringach, D Friedmann… - Science, 2020 - science.org
INTRODUCTION The brains of extant animals have evolved over hundreds of millions of
years from simple circuits. Cell types diversified, connections elaborated, and new brain …

A genetically encoded sensor for measuring serotonin dynamics

J Wan, W Peng, X Li, T Qian, K Song, J Zeng… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Serotonin (5-HT) is a phylogenetically conserved monoamine neurotransmitter
modulating important processes in the brain. To directly visualize the release of 5-HT, we …

Population-scale single-cell RNA-seq profiling across dopaminergic neuron differentiation

J Jerber, DD Seaton, ASE Cuomo, N Kumasaka… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Studying the function of common genetic variants in primary human tissues and during
development is challenging. To address this, we use an efficient multiplexing strategy to …