Nature Communications (Apr 2021)

Single nucleus RNA-sequencing defines unexpected diversity of cholinergic neuron types in the adult mouse spinal cord

  • Mor R. Alkaslasi,
  • Zoe E. Piccus,
  • Sangeetha Hareendran,
  • Hanna Silberberg,
  • Li Chen,
  • Yajun Zhang,
  • Timothy J. Petros,
  • Claire E. Le Pichon

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22691-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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The full heterogeneity and different functional roles of cholinergic neurons in the adult spinal cord remain to be defined. Here the authors develop a targeted single nuclear RNA sequencing approach and use it to identify an array of cholinergic interneurons, as well as visceral and skeletal motor neurons.