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ArticleNature neuroscience2025

Transsynaptic labeling and transcriptional control of zebrafish neural circuits.

Cagney E Coomer, Daria Naumova, Mustafa Talay, Bence Zolyomi, Nathaniel J Snell, Altar Sorkaç, Jean Michel Chanchu, Ji Cheng, Ivana Roman, Jennifer Li and 4 more

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Article in Nature neuroscience, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 11 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Cagney E CoomerDepartment of Molecular and Systems Biology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5652-1348
Daria NaumovaDepartment of Molecular and Systems Biology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, USA.
Mustafa TalayDepartment of Neuroscience, Division of Biology and Medicine, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9046-1366
Bence ZolyomiDepartment of Neuroscience, Division of Biology and Medicine, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
Nathaniel J SnellDepartment of Neuroscience, Division of Biology and Medicine, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8033-366X
Altar SorkaçDepartment of Neuroscience, Division of Biology and Medicine, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0739-6314
Jean Michel ChanchuDepartment of Embryology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Ji ChengDepartment of Molecular and Systems Biology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1610-2557
Ivana RomanMax Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen, Germany.
Jennifer LiMax Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7706-4470
Drew RobsonMax Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0150-1515
David L McLeanDepartment of Neurobiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6337-2301
Gilad BarneaDepartment of Neuroscience, Division of Biology and Medicine, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6842-3454
Marnie E HalpernDepartment of Molecular and Systems Biology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, USA. marnie.e.halpern@dartmouth.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3634-9058

Funding

Molecular Multi-Species Approach for Trans-Synaptic Labeling of Neural Circuits - Diversity SupplementRF1MH123213 · NIMH · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI BARNEA, GILAD, HALPERN, MARNIE E · 2020 to 2021
$3.0M
Imaging tools to assess circuit connectivity and function in zebrafishR21NS125187 · NINDS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI MCLEAN, DAVID · 2022 to 2023
$440k
A zebrafish model to study functional regeneration of motor circuitsR21NS125207 · NINDS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI MCLEAN, DAVID · 2021 to 2021
$440k
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) GT15992NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS125187NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS125207U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) R21NS125187U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) R21NS125207U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research RF1MH123213
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Deciphering the connectome, the ensemble of synaptic connections that underlie brain function, is a central goal of neuroscience research. Here we report the in vivo mapping of connections between presynaptic and postsynaptic partners in zebrafish, by adapting the trans-Tango genetic approach that was first developed for anterograde transsynaptic tracing in Drosophila. Neural connections were visualized between synaptic partners in larval retina, brain and spinal cord and followed over development. The specificity of labeling was corroborated by functional experiments in which optogenetic activation of presynaptic spinal cord interneurons elicited responses in known motor neuronal postsynaptic targets, as measured by trans-Tango-dependent expression of a genetically encoded calcium indicator or by electrophysiology. Transsynaptic signaling through trans-Tango reveals synaptic connections in the zebrafish nervous system, providing a valuable in vivo tool to monitor and interrogate neural circuits over time.

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ZebrafishAnimalsAnimals, Genetically ModifiedBrainConnectomeInterneuronsLarvaNerve NetNeural PathwaysOptogeneticsRetinaSpinal CordSynapses

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