Molecular atlas of the adult mouse brain
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Whole-brain spatial transcriptomics redefines the neuroanatomical classification of the adult mouse brain.
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Entorhinal cortex-specific subtypes clustered separately from neocortical subtypes for the same layers and were often marked by RELN, TOX3 and GPC5, containing lateral (L2 RELN+GPC5+) and medial (L2 TOX3+POSTN+) EC subtypes.
“EC-specific subtypes that clustered separately from neocortical subtypes for the same layers were often marked by expression of RELN, TOX3 and GPC5, and contained subtypes from both the lateral (L2 RELN+GPC5+) and medial (L2 TOX3+POSTN+) EC41–43”
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- Authors
- Ortiz, C., Navarro, J. F., Jurek, A., Märtin, A., Lundeberg, J., & Meletis, K.
- Affiliations
- Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
- Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Gene Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
- Venue
- Science Advances
- Published
- 2020-06-26
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 26
- ISSN
- 2375-2548
- PMC
- PMC7319762
- Cited by
- 317
- References
- 10
- Language
- en
- Funders
- Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (FFL12-0006, SB16-0014)
- Hjärnfonden (FO2018-0213)
- Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse (Spatial Brain KAW 2015.0296)
- Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare (VR 2017-01457)
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