Nature Communications (Nov 2022)

Cell type diversity in a developing octopus brain

  • Ruth Styfhals,
  • Grygoriy Zolotarov,
  • Gert Hulselmans,
  • Katina I. Spanier,
  • Suresh Poovathingal,
  • Ali M. Elagoz,
  • Seppe De Winter,
  • Astrid Deryckere,
  • Nikolaus Rajewsky,
  • Giovanna Ponte,
  • Graziano Fiorito,
  • Stein Aerts,
  • Eve Seuntjens

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35198-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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The brain cell types of Octopus vulgaris that control their sophisticated behavioral repertoire are still unknown. Here, authors use single-cell transcriptomics to profile neuronal and glial cell types and compare cell type relationships within the octopus brain and across species.