Dysregulation of adult hippocampal neuroplasticity in major depression: pathogenesis and therapeutic implications

AN Tartt, MB Mariani, R Hen, JJ Mann… - Molecular psychiatry, 2022 - nature.com
Major depressive disorder (MDD) was previously hypothesized to be a disease of
monoamine deficiency in which low levels of monoamines in the synaptic cleft were …

Insights into Alzheimer's disease from single-cell genomic approaches

MH Murdock, LH Tsai - Nature neuroscience, 2023 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an age-related disease pathologically defined by the deposition
of amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in the brain parenchyma. Single-cell profiling …

[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 …

[HTML][HTML] Specialized astrocytes mediate glutamatergic gliotransmission in the CNS

R de Ceglia, A Ledonne, DG Litvin, BL Lind, G Carriero… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Multimodal astrocyte–neuron communications govern brain circuitry assembly and function.
For example, through rapid glutamate release, astrocytes can control excitability, plasticity …

Molecular landscapes of human hippocampal immature neurons across lifespan

Y Zhou, Y Su, S Li, BC Kennedy, DY Zhang, AM Bond… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Immature dentate granule cells (imGCs) arising from adult hippocampal neurogenesis
contribute to plasticity and unique brain functions in rodents, and are dysregulated in …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial deconvolution of HER2-positive breast cancer delineates tumor-associated cell type interactions

A Andersson, L Larsson, L Stenbeck, F Salmén… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
In the past decades, transcriptomic studies have revolutionized cancer treatment and
diagnosis. However, tumor sequencing strategies typically result in loss of spatial …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Exercise hormone irisin is a critical regulator of cognitive function

MR Islam, S Valaris, MF Young, EB Haley, R Luo… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Identifying secreted mediators that drive the cognitive benefits of exercise holds great
promise for the treatment of cognitive decline in ageing or Alzheimer's disease (AD). Here …

Generalizing RNA velocity to transient cell states through dynamical modeling

V Bergen, M Lange, S Peidli, FA Wolf, FJ Theis - Nature biotechnology, 2020 - nature.com
RNA velocity has opened up new ways of studying cellular differentiation in single-cell RNA-
sequencing data. It describes the rate of gene expression change for an individual gene at a …

Molecular architecture of the developing mouse brain

G La Manno, K Siletti, A Furlan, D Gyllborg, E Vinsland… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
The mammalian brain develops through a complex interplay of spatial cues generated by
diffusible morphogens, cell–cell interactions and intrinsic genetic programs that result in …