1. An anatomically comprehensive atlas of the adult human brain transcriptome
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Susan M. Sunkin, Preston M. Cartagena, Robert Howard, Christian F. Beckmann, David Feng, Zeb Haradon, Chinh Dang, Angela L. Guillozet-Bongaarts, Derric Williams, Jeff Goldy, Yang Li, Rachel A. Dalley, Tracy Lemon, Darren Bertagnolli, Clifford R. Slaughterbeck, Simon Smith, Steve Horvath, Christof Koch, Amanda Ebbert, Andreas Jeromin, Paul Wohnoutka, Michael Hawrylycz, Andy J. Sodt, Beryl Swanson, H. Ronald Zielke, Zackery L. Riley, John A. Morris, Evan T. Lazarz, Chris Abajian, Allan R. Jones, Mike Chapin, Changkyu Lee, Pedro Adolfo Sequeira, Jay Schulkin, Christopher Lau, Jeremy A. Miller, Tim A. Dolbeare, Ling Li, Nick Dee, Sheana Parry, Barry Daly, Patrick D. Parker, Marty Kinnunen, Amy Bernard, Joshua J. Royall, Vance Faber, John G. Hohmann, Patrick R. Hof, Stephen M. Smith, Suvro Datta, Kimberly A. Smith, Elaine H. Shen, Caroline C. Overly, Ed S. Lein, Jayson M. Jochim, Benjamin W. Gregor, Melissa Reding, M. Mallar Chakravarty, Seth G. N. Grant, Lydia Ng, Jimmy Chong, Marquis P. Vawter, Daniel H. Geschwind, David R. Haynor, Andrew F. Boe, Louie N. van de Lagemaat, David R. Fowler, Magnetic Detection and Imaging, and Faculty of Science and Technology
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Adult ,Male ,Cell type ,Calbindins ,Dopamine ,Neocortex ,Biology ,Hippocampus ,Article ,Transcriptome ,03 medical and health sciences ,Mice ,METIS-292322 ,0302 clinical medicine ,Atlases as Topic ,S100 Calcium Binding Protein G ,Species Specificity ,Databases, Genetic ,Transcriptional regulation ,medicine ,Animals ,Humans ,RNA, Messenger ,Anatomy, Artistic ,In Situ Hybridization ,030304 developmental biology ,Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis ,Genetics ,0303 health sciences ,Internet ,IR-83002 ,Multidisciplinary ,Anatomical location ,Gene Expression Profiling ,Brain ,Post-Synaptic Density ,Human brain ,Macaca mulatta ,Gene expression profiling ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Frontal lobe ,Health ,Neuroscience ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
Neuroanatomically precise, genome-wide maps of transcript distributions are critical resources to complement genomic sequence data and to correlate functional and genetic brain architecture. Here we describe the generation and analysis of a transcriptional atlas of the adult human brain, comprising extensive histological analysis and comprehensive microarray profiling of ~900 neuroanatomically precise subdivisions in two individuals. Transcriptional regulation varies enormously by anatomical location, with different regions and their constituent cell types displaying robust molecular signatures that are highly conserved between individuals. Analysis of differential gene expression and gene co-expression relationships demonstrates that brain-wide variation strongly reflects the distributions of major cell classes such as neurons, oligodendrocytes, astrocytes and microglia. Local neighbourhood relationships between fine anatomical subdivisions are associated with discrete neuronal subtypes and genes involved with synaptic transmission. The neocortex displays a relatively homogeneous transcriptional pattern, but with distinct features associated selectively with primary sensorimotor cortices and with enriched frontal lobe expression. Notably, the spatial topography of the neocortex is strongly reflected in its molecular topography— the closer two cortical regions, the more similar their transcriptomes. This freely accessible online data resource forms a high-resolution transcriptional baseline for neurogenetic studies of normal and abnormal human brain function.
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- 2012