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Whole-brain connectivity atlas of glutamatergic and GABAergic neurons in the mouse dorsal and median raphe nuclei.

Zhengchao Xu, Zhao Feng, Mengting Zhao, Qingtao Sun, Lei Deng, Xueyan Jia, Tao Jiang, Pan Luo, Wu Chen, Ayizuohere Tudi and 5 more

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Article in eLife, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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33 citing papers in PubMed, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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15 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Zhengchao XuBritton Chance Center for Biomedical Photonics, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, MoE Key Laboratory for Biomedical Photonics, School of Engineering Sciences, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.ORCID 0000-0002-9462-1638
Zhao FengBritton Chance Center for Biomedical Photonics, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, MoE Key Laboratory for Biomedical Photonics, School of Engineering Sciences, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5035-7655
Mengting ZhaoBritton Chance Center for Biomedical Photonics, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, MoE Key Laboratory for Biomedical Photonics, School of Engineering Sciences, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2037-9129
Qingtao SunHUST-Suzhou Institute for Brainsmatics, JITRI, Suzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2167-7750
Lei DengBritton Chance Center for Biomedical Photonics, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, MoE Key Laboratory for Biomedical Photonics, School of Engineering Sciences, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2774-5611
Xueyan JiaHUST-Suzhou Institute for Brainsmatics, JITRI, Suzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1221-6357
Tao JiangHUST-Suzhou Institute for Brainsmatics, JITRI, Suzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0002-4487-299X
Pan LuoBritton Chance Center for Biomedical Photonics, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, MoE Key Laboratory for Biomedical Photonics, School of Engineering Sciences, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3923-2111
Wu ChenBritton Chance Center for Biomedical Photonics, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, MoE Key Laboratory for Biomedical Photonics, School of Engineering Sciences, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5673-4888
Ayizuohere TudiBritton Chance Center for Biomedical Photonics, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, MoE Key Laboratory for Biomedical Photonics, School of Engineering Sciences, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2451-2903
Jing YuanBritton Chance Center for Biomedical Photonics, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, MoE Key Laboratory for Biomedical Photonics, School of Engineering Sciences, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9050-4496
Xiangning LiBritton Chance Center for Biomedical Photonics, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, MoE Key Laboratory for Biomedical Photonics, School of Engineering Sciences, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3747-2824
Hui GongBritton Chance Center for Biomedical Photonics, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, MoE Key Laboratory for Biomedical Photonics, School of Engineering Sciences, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5519-6248
Qingming LuoBritton Chance Center for Biomedical Photonics, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, MoE Key Laboratory for Biomedical Photonics, School of Engineering Sciences, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6725-9311
Anan LiBritton Chance Center for Biomedical Photonics, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, MoE Key Laboratory for Biomedical Photonics, School of Engineering Sciences, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5877-4813
Suzhou Research Institute · CNWuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics · CNCenter for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology · CNHainan University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The dorsal raphe nucleus (DR) and median raphe nucleus (MR) contain populations of glutamatergic and GABAergic neurons that regulate diverse behavioral functions. However, their whole-brain input-output circuits remain incompletely elucidated. We used viral tracing combined with fluorescence micro-optical sectioning tomography to generate a comprehensive whole-brain atlas of inputs and outputs of glutamatergic and GABAergic neurons in the DR and MR. We found that these neurons received inputs from similar upstream brain regions. The glutamatergic and GABAergic neurons in the same raphe nucleus had divergent projection patterns with differences in critical brain regions. Specifically, MR glutamatergic neurons projected to the lateral habenula through multiple pathways. Correlation and cluster analysis revealed that glutamatergic and GABAergic neurons in the same raphe nucleus received heterogeneous inputs and sent different collateral projections. This connectivity atlas further elucidates the anatomical architecture of the raphe nuclei, which could facilitate better understanding of their behavioral functions.

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ConnectomeAnimalsDorsal Raphe NucleusGABAergic NeuronsMiceMidbrain Raphe NucleiNeuronsGABAergic neuronglutamatergic neuronmouseneuroscienceraphe nucleus

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PMID34792021
PMCPMC8626088
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