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ArticleCommunications biology2020

Spatio-molecular domains identified in the mouse subthalamic nucleus and neighboring glutamatergic and GABAergic brain structures.

Åsa Wallén-Mackenzie, Sylvie Dumas, Maria Papathanou, Mihaela M Martis Thiele, Bianca Vlcek, Niclas König, Åsa K Björklund

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Article in Communications biology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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7 authors.

Åsa Wallén-MackenzieDepartment of Organismal Biology, Unit of Comparative Physiology, Uppsala University, SE-752 36, Uppsala, Sweden. asa.mackenzie@ebc.uu.se.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8713-070X
Sylvie Dumas *Oramacell, 75006, Paris, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4415-9924
Maria Papathanou *Department of Organismal Biology, Unit of Comparative Physiology, Uppsala University, SE-752 36, Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0845-9831
Mihaela M Martis ThieleNational Bioinformatics Infrastructure Sweden, Science for Life Laboratory (NBIS), Division of Cell Biology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Linköping University, SE-581 83, Linköping, Sweden.
Bianca VlcekDepartment of Organismal Biology, Unit of Comparative Physiology, Uppsala University, SE-752 36, Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5442-2303
Niclas KönigDepartment of Organismal Biology, Unit of Comparative Physiology, Uppsala University, SE-752 36, Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0899-046X
Åsa K BjörklundDepartment of Cell and Molecular Biology, National Bioinformatics Infrastructure Sweden (NBIS), Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, SE-752 37, Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2224-7090

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The subthalamic nucleus (STN) is crucial for normal motor, limbic and associative function. STN dysregulation is correlated with several brain disorders, including Parkinson's disease and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), for which high-frequency stimulation of the STN is increasing as therapy. However, clinical progress is hampered by poor knowledge of the anatomical-functional organization of the STN. Today, experimental mouse genetics provides outstanding capacity for functional decoding, provided selective promoters are available. Here, we implemented single-nuclei RNA sequencing (snRNASeq) of the mouse STN followed through with histological analysis of 16 candidate genes of interest. Our results demonstrate that the mouse STN is composed of at least four spatio-molecularly defined domains, each distinguished by defined sets of promoter activities. Further, molecular profiles dissociate the STN from the adjoining para-STN (PSTN) and neighboring structures of the hypothalamus, mammillary nuclei and zona incerta. Enhanced knowledge of STN´s internal organization should prove useful towards genetics-based functional decoding of this clinically relevant brain structure.

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TranscriptomeAnimalsBrainCell NucleusFemaleGlutamic AcidMaleMiceReceptors, GABASingle-Cell AnalysisSpatial AnalysisSubthalamic NucleusGlutamic AcidReceptors, GABA

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PMCPMC7334224

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