Nature Communications (Jan 2023)

Single-cell transcriptomic analysis reveals diversity within mammalian spinal motor neurons

  • Ee Shan Liau,
  • Suoqin Jin,
  • Yen-Chung Chen,
  • Wei-Szu Liu,
  • Maëliss Calon,
  • Stéphane Nedelec,
  • Qing Nie,
  • Jun-An Chen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35574-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 21

Abstract

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How molecular diversity in neurons links to versatile functions is elusive. Here the authors profiled embryonic spinal motor neurons with single-cell RNAseq and identified molecular subtypes targeting distinct muscle groups in different species.