[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 …

From progenitors to progeny: shaping striatal circuit development and function

R Knowles, N Dehorter, T Ellender - Journal of Neuroscience, 2021 - Soc Neuroscience
Understanding how neurons of the striatum are formed and integrate into complex synaptic
circuits is essential to provide insight into striatal function in health and disease. In this …

Cellular taxonomy of the mouse striatum as revealed by single-cell RNA-seq

O Gokce, GM Stanley, B Treutlein, NF Neff, JG Camp… - Cell reports, 2016 - cell.com
The striatum contributes to many cognitive processes and disorders, but its cell types are
incompletely characterized. We show that microfluidic and FACS-based single-cell RNA …

Striatal circuit development and its alterations in Huntington's disease

M Lebouc, Q Richard, M Garret, J Baufreton - Neurobiology of Disease, 2020 - Elsevier
Huntington's disease (HD) is an inherited neurodegenerative disorder that usually starts
during midlife with progressive alterations of motor and cognitive functions. The disease is …

[HTML][HTML] Continuous and discrete neuron types of the adult murine striatum

G Stanley, O Gokce, RC Malenka, TC Südhof… - Neuron, 2020 - cell.com
The mammalian striatum is involved in many complex behaviors and yet is composed
largely of a single neuron class: the spiny projection neuron (SPN). It is unclear to what …

Neuronal cell types, projections, and spatial organization of the central amygdala

TP O'Leary, RM Kendrick, BN Bristow, KE Sullivan… - IScience, 2022 - cell.com
The central amygdala (CEA) has been richly studied for interpreting function and behavior
according to specific cell types and circuits. Such work has typically defined molecular cell …

Dlx1/2-dependent expression of Meis2 promotes neuronal fate determination in the mammalian striatum

Z Su, Z Wang, S Lindtner, L Yang, Z Shang… - …, 2022 - journals.biologists.com
The striatum is a central regulator of behavior and motor function through the actions of D1
and D2 medium-sized spiny neurons (MSNs), which arise from a common lateral ganglionic …

Enhancer RNAs predict enhancer–gene regulatory links and are critical for enhancer function in neuronal systems

NVN Carullo, RA Phillips III, RC Simon… - Nucleic acids …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Genomic enhancer elements regulate gene expression programs important for neuronal fate
and function and are implicated in brain disease states. Enhancers undergo bidirectional …

SP8 and SP9 coordinately promote D2-type medium spiny neuron production by activating Six3 expression

Z Xu, Q Liang, X Song, Z Zhang, S Lindtner… - …, 2018 - journals.biologists.com
Dopamine receptor DRD1-expressing medium spiny neurons (D1 MSNs) and dopamine
receptor DRD2-expressing medium spiny neurons (D2 MSNs) are the principal projection …

The zinc finger transcription factor Sp9 is required for the development of striatopallidal projection neurons

Q Zhang, Y Zhang, C Wang, Z Xu, Q Liang, L An, J Li… - Cell Reports, 2016 - cell.com
Striatal medium-sized spiny neurons (MSNs), composed of striatonigral and striatopallidal
neurons, are derived from the lateral ganglionic eminence (LGE). We find that the …