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ArticleScience advances2025

Single-cell sequencing of rodent ventral pallidum reveals diverse neuronal subtypes with noncanonical interregional continuity.

David J Ottenheimer, Rhiana C Simon, Brandy A Briones, Cassidy T Burke, Anna J Bowen, Susan M Ferguson, Garret D Stuber

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Article in Science advances, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Ventral pallidal GABAergic neurons control hedonic feeding and obesity.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors.

David J OttenheimerCenter for the Neurobiology of Addiction, Pain, and Emotion, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4882-1898
Rhiana C SimonCenter for the Neurobiology of Addiction, Pain, and Emotion, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6672-3816
Brandy A BrionesCenter for the Neurobiology of Addiction, Pain, and Emotion, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4692-3399
Cassidy T BurkeCenter for the Neurobiology of Addiction, Pain, and Emotion, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8224-265X
Anna J BowenDepartment of Biological Structure, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8911-2572
Susan M FergusonCenter for the Neurobiology of Addiction, Pain, and Emotion, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2840-757X
Garret D StuberCenter for the Neurobiology of Addiction, Pain, and Emotion, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1730-4855

Funding

University of Washington Center of Excellence in Opioid Addiction ResearchP30DA048736 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI Charles Chavkin · 2019 to 2026
$13.0M
Neural circuit elements that orchestrate cue-reward associationsR37DA032750 · NIDA · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Garret D Stuber · 2017 to 2026
$4.5M
Transcriptional, functional, and circuit profiling at single cell resolution of neuronal ensembles engaged by heroin relapseR01DA054317 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI FERGUSON, SUSAN MARIE, STUBER, GARRET D · 2021 to 2025
$2.7M
Contributions of activity-defined cortical ensembles to brainwide reward processingF32DA053714 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI OTTENHEIMER, DAVID JOSHUA · 2021 to 2023
$213k
NIDA NIH HHS F32 DA053714NIDA NIH HHS P30 DA048736NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA054317NIDA NIH HHS R37 DA032750
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ventral pallidum (VP) was defined as a basal ganglia nucleus with dense input from ventral striatum. To further investigate its regional identity, we conducted a cross-species transcriptional characterization of VP cell types. We performed single-nucleus RNA sequencing of VP tissue from mice and rats and identified 16 conserved VP neuronal subclasses, including 14 γ-aminobutyric acid-releasing subclasses from three developmental classes. Combining our sequencing data with a spatial atlas revealed that all VP subclasses extended beyond the traditional borders in VP. Integrating our VP data with published striatal, hypothalamic, and extended amygdalar sequencing confirmed that cell types are shared among these regions. Given the role of VP in feeding, we also assessed the transcriptional impact of high-fat diet, which altered expression of genes involved in oxidative phosphorylation and inhibitory signaling. Overall, our results demonstrate that VP is not a transcriptionally discrete nucleus; rather, VP contains cell types with diverse expression patterns overlapping with regions beyond the basal ganglia.

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Basal ForebrainNeuronsSingle-Cell AnalysisAnimalsDiet, High-FatMaleMiceRatsSequence Analysis, RNATranscriptome

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PMID41337598
PMCPMC12674124

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