[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 …

Characterizing cis-regulatory elements using single-cell epigenomics

S Preissl, KJ Gaulton, B Ren - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
Cell type-specific gene expression patterns and dynamics during development or in disease
are controlled by cis-regulatory elements (CREs), such as promoters and enhancers …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] A taxonomy of transcriptomic cell types across the isocortex and hippocampal formation

Z Yao, CTJ Van Velthoven, TN Nguyen, J Goldy… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
The isocortex and hippocampal formation (HPF) in the mammalian brain play critical roles in
perception, cognition, emotion, and learning. We profiled∼ 1.3 million cells covering the …

Local connectivity and synaptic dynamics in mouse and human neocortex

L Campagnola, SC Seeman, T Chartrand, L Kim… - Science, 2022 - science.org
We present a unique, extensive, and open synaptic physiology analysis platform and
dataset. Through its application, we reveal principles that relate cell type to synaptic …

Two-photon calcium imaging of neuronal activity

C Grienberger, A Giovannucci, W Zeiger… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
In vivo two-photon calcium imaging (2PCI) is a technique used for recording neuronal
activity in the intact brain. It is based on the principle that, when neurons fire action …

Adeno-associated virus toolkit to target diverse brain cells

RC Challis, S Ravindra Kumar, X Chen… - Annual review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Recombinant adeno-associated viruses (AAVs) are commonly used gene delivery vehicles
for neuroscience research. They have two engineerable features: the capsid (outer protein …

Spatially resolved epigenomic profiling of single cells in complex tissues

T Lu, CE Ang, X Zhuang - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
The recent development of spatial omics methods has enabled single-cell profiling of the
transcriptome and 3D genome organization with high spatial resolution. Expanding the …

Signature morphoelectric properties of diverse GABAergic interneurons in the human neocortex

BR Lee, R Dalley, JA Miller, T Chartrand, J Close… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Human cortex transcriptomic studies have revealed a hierarchical organization of γ-
aminobutyric acid–producing (GABAergic) neurons from subclasses to a high diversity of …

Spatial transcriptomics for profiling the tropism of viral vectors in tissues

MJ Jang, GM Coughlin, CR Jackson, X Chen… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
A barrier to advancing engineered adeno-associated viral vectors (AAVs) for precision
access to cell subtypes is a lack of high-throughput, high-resolution assays to characterize in …