Sugino, K., Hempel, C. M., Miller, M. N., Hattox, A. M., Shapiro, P., Wu, C., Huang, Z. J., Nelson, S. B. (2006) Molecular taxonomy of major neuronal classes in the adult mouse forebrain. Nature Neuroscience, 9 (1). pp. 99-107. ISSN 10976256
Abstract
Identifying the neuronal cell types that comprise the mammalian forebrain is a central unsolved problem in neuroscience. Global gene expression profiles offer a potentially unbiased way to assess functional relationships between neurons. Here, we carried out microarray analysis of 12 populations of neurons in the adult mouse forebrain. Five of these populations were chosen from cingulate cortex and included several subtypes of GABAergic interneurons and pyramidal neurons. The remaining seven were derived from the somatosensory cortex, hippocampus, amygdala and thalamus. Using these expression profiles, we were able to construct a taxonomic tree that reflected the expected major relationships between these populations, such as the distinction between cortical interneurons and projection neurons. The taxonomic tree indicated highly heterogeneous gene expression even within a single region. This dataset should be useful for the classification of unknown neuronal subtypes, the investigation of specifically expressed genes and the genetic manipulation of specific neuronal circuit elements. © 2006 Nature Publishing Group.
| Item Type: | Paper |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | brain nerve cell cell type forebrain taxonomy |
| Subjects: | bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > Mapping and Rendering bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > analysis and processing > microarray gene expression processing organs, tissues, organelles, cell types and functions > tissues types and functions > forebrain organs, tissues, organelles, cell types and functions > cell types and functions > cell types > neurons organs, tissues, organelles, cell types and functions > cell types and functions > cell types > neurons organs, tissues, organelles, cell types and functions > cell types and functions > cell types > neurons |
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| Communities: | CSHL labs > Huang lab |
| Depositing User: | CSHL Librarian |
| Date: | 2006 |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Dec 2011 16:47 |
| Last Modified: | 10 May 2013 18:37 |
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| URI: | https://repository.cshl.edu/id/eprint/22910 |
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