Nature Communications (Apr 2016)

Nuclear RNA-seq of single neurons reveals molecular signatures of activation

  • Benjamin Lacar,
  • Sara B. Linker,
  • Baptiste N. Jaeger,
  • Suguna Rani Krishnaswami,
  • Jerika J. Barron,
  • Martijn J. E. Kelder,
  • Sarah L. Parylak,
  • Apuã C. M. Paquola,
  • Pratap Venepally,
  • Mark Novotny,
  • Carolyn O'Connor,
  • Conor Fitzpatrick,
  • Jennifer A. Erwin,
  • Jonathan Y. Hsu,
  • David Husband,
  • Michael J. McConnell,
  • Roger Lasken,
  • Fred H. Gage

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11022
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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The molecular dynamics associated with neuronal activation patterns in vivo are unclear. Lacar et al. perform single-nuclei RNA-sequencing of hippocampal neurons from mice exposed to a novel environment, and identify large-scale transcriptome changes in individual neurons associated with the experience.