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ArticleNeuron2015

Multi-Scale Molecular Deconstruction of the Serotonin Neuron System.

Benjamin W Okaty, Morgan E Freret, Benjamin D Rood, Rachael D Brust, Morgan L Hennessy, Danielle deBairos, Jun Chul Kim, Melloni N Cook, Susan M Dymecki

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Article in Neuron, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 135 papers.

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135citing papers in PubMed
10.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

135 citing papers in PubMed, 218 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Benjamin W OkatyDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Morgan E FreretDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Benjamin D RoodDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Rachael D BrustDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Morgan L HennessyDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Danielle deBairosDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Jun Chul KimPsychology Department, University of Toronto, 100 St. George Street, Toronto ON, M5S 3G3, Canada.
Melloni N CookDepartment of Psychology, University of Memphis, 400 Innovation Drive, Memphis, TN 38152, USA.
Susan M DymeckiDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: dymecki@genetics.med.harvard.edu.
Harvard University · USUniversity of Memphis · USUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

Medical Scientist Training ProgramT32GM007753 · NIGMS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI WALENSKY, LOREN DAVID · 1985 to 2021
$50.0M
VENTRAL MEDULLA, BREATHING, AND CENTRAL CHEMORECEPTIONP01HD036379 · NICHD · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI DYMECKI, SUSAN M. · 1998 to 2017
$32.2M
SYNAPTIC MECHANISMS IN HIPPOCAMPAL EPILEPTOGENESISP30HD018655 · NICHD · CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL BOSTON · PI POMEROY, SCOTT LOREN · 1985 to 2015
$26.2M
Training in the Molecular Biology of Neurodegeneration and Alzheimer's DiseaseT32AG000222 · NIA · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI Bruce A YANKNER · 1992 to 2026
$18.5M
Developmental gene networks of 5HT neurons in addiction, aggression, and anxietyR01DA034022 · NIDA · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI DYMECKI, SUSAN M. · 2014 to 2018
$3.0M
Novel tools to study circuit function, development, and periods of vulnerabilityR21MH083613 · NIMH · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI DYMECKI, SUSAN M. · 2008 to 2009
$709k
Developmental Genetics of Serotonin Neuron Subtypes in Brain Reward CircuitsR21DA023643 · NIDA · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI DYMECKI, SUSAN M. · 2007 to 2010
$707k
NIA NIH HHS T32 AG000222NICHD NIH HHS NIH P01 HD036379NICHD NIH HHS P01 HD036379NICHD NIH HHS P30 HD018655NICHD NIH HHS P30 HD18655NIDA NIH HHS NIH R01DA034022NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA034022NIDA NIH HHS R21 DA023643NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007753NIMH NIH HHS R21 MH083613PHS HHS NIGMS T32GM007753
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Serotonergic (5HT) neurons modulate diverse behaviors and physiology and are implicated in distinct clinical disorders. Corresponding diversity in 5HT neuronal phenotypes is becoming apparent and is likely rooted in molecular differences, yet a comprehensive approach characterizing molecular variation across the 5HT system is lacking, as is concomitant linkage to cellular phenotypes. Here we combine intersectional fate mapping, neuron sorting, and genome-wide RNA-seq to deconstruct the mouse 5HT system at multiple levels of granularity-from anatomy, to genetic sublineages, to single neurons. Our unbiased analyses reveal principles underlying system organization, 5HT neuron subtypes, constellations of differentially expressed genes distinguishing subtypes, and predictions of subtype-specific functions. Using electrophysiology, subtype-specific neuron silencing, and conditional gene knockout, we show that these molecularly defined 5HT neuron subtypes are functionally distinct. Collectively, this resource classifies molecular diversity across the 5HT system and discovers sertonergic subtypes, markers, organizing principles, and subtype-specific functions with potential disease relevance.

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AnimalsBrainElectrophysiological PhenomenaGene Expression ProfilingMiceMice, KnockoutPhenotypeSequence Analysis, RNASerotonergic Neurons

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PMID26549332
PMCPMC4809055
OpenAlexW2190061239

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