Multiscale single-cell analysis reveals unique phenotypes of raphe 5-HT neurons projecting to the forebrain

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 221, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 4007-4025

  Fernandez, Sebastian Pablo ^a,b   Cauli, Bruno ^b,c   Cabezas, Carolina ^a,b   Muzerelle, Aude ^a,b   Poncer, Jean Christophe ^a,b   Gaspar, Patricia ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DU FER À MOULIN   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixte de Recherche 8246   (France)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Galanin; Hippocampus; Patch clamp; Prefrontal cortex; Raphe; Serotonin; Single cell PCR

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA2; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA3; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR ALPHA 1B; BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CHOLECYSTOKININ; CHOLECYSTOKININ B RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; GABA B RECEPTOR 1A; GALANIN; GLUTAMATE VESICULAR TRANSPORTER MEMBER 8; GLUTAMIC ACID; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OREXIN 1 RECEPTOR; OREXIN 2 RECEPTOR; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; TACHYKININ 1; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 3;

AMYGDALA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN SLICE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL HIPPOCAMPUS; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MALE; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; MEDIAN RAPHE NUCLEUS; MOUSE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPHE NUCLEUS; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE TRACT; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT TRACING; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT-TRACING TECHNIQUES; PHENOTYPE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROSENCEPHALON; RAPHE NUCLEI; SEROTONERGIC NEURONS; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84948158261     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-015-1142-4     Document Type: Article

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