Nature Communications (Sep 2019)

Cell type-specific transcriptional programs in mouse prefrontal cortex during adolescence and addiction

  • Aritra Bhattacherjee,
  • Mohamed Nadhir Djekidel,
  • Renchao Chen,
  • Wenqiang Chen,
  • Luis M. Tuesta,
  • Yi Zhang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12054-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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Cognitive behaviours are encoded and regulated by coordinated activity-induced transcriptional changes. Through single-cell RNA sequencing, the authors classify diverse cell types in mouse prefrontal cortex and analyze their transcriptional adaptations in adolescence and drug addiction.