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ArticleDevelopment (Cambridge, England)2024

Developmental emergence of first- and higher-order thalamic neuron molecular identities.

Quentin Lo Giudice, Robin J Wagener, Philipp Abe, Laura Frangeul, Denis Jabaudon

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Article in Development (Cambridge, England), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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  4. Spatial profiling of the interplay between cell type- and vision-dependent transcriptomic programs in the visual cortex.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  5. Perinatal development of structural thalamocortical connectivity.Imaging neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2025
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Quentin Lo GiudiceDepartment of Basic Neurosciences, University of Geneva, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-4225-0628
Robin J WagenerDepartment of Basic Neurosciences, University of Geneva, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-8762-833X
Philipp AbeDepartment of Basic Neurosciences, University of Geneva, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-8067-1802
Laura FrangeulDepartment of Basic Neurosciences, University of Geneva, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-2997-0989
Denis JabaudonDepartment of Basic Neurosciences, University of Geneva, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-2438-4769

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CarigestDeutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Wa 3783/1European Molecular Biology Organization ALTF 136-2017European Research CouncilInternational Foundation for Research in Paraplegia P 185FNeuroNA FoundationSchweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen ForschungSociété Académique de GenèveUniversité de Genève
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Abstract

The thalamus is organized into nuclei that have distinct input and output connectivities with the cortex. Whereas first-order (FO) nuclei - also called core nuclei - relay input from sensory organs on the body surface and project to primary cortical sensory areas, higher-order (HO) nuclei - matrix nuclei - instead receive their driver input from the cortex and project to secondary and associative areas within cortico-thalamo-cortical loops. Input-dependent processes have been shown to play a crucial role in the emergence of FO thalamic neuron identity from a ground-state HO neuron identity, yet how this identity emerges during development remains unknown. Here, using single-cell RNA sequencing of the developing mouse embryonic thalamus, we show that, although they are born together, HO neurons start differentiating earlier than FO neurons. Within the FO visual thalamus, postnatal peripheral input is crucial for the maturation of excitatory, but not inhibitory, neurons. Our findings reveal different differentiation tempos and input sensitivities of HO and FO neurons, and highlight neuron type-specific molecular differentiation programs in the developing thalamus.

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Cell DifferentiationNeuronsThalamusAnimalsFemaleGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalMiceNeurogenesisSingle-Cell AnalysisBrain developmentFirst-order nucleiHigher-order nucleiNeuronal identityThalamus

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