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ArticleNature communications2025

Transcriptomic and spatial GABAergic neuron subtypes in zona incerta mediate distinct innate behaviors.

Mengyue Zhu, Jieqiao Peng, Mi Wang, Shan Lin, Huiying Zhang, Yu Zhou, Xinyue Dai, Huiying Zhao, Yan-Qin Yu, Li Shen and 2 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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12 authors.

Mengyue Zhu *Department of Neurobiology, Departments of Neurosurgery and Neurology of the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
Jieqiao Peng *Department of Neurobiology, Departments of Neurosurgery and Neurology of the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
Mi Wang *Department of Neurobiology, Departments of Neurosurgery and Neurology of the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
Shan Lin *Department of Neurobiology, Departments of Neurosurgery and Neurology of the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310058, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0647-0399
Huiying Zhang *The MOE Key Laboratory of Biosystems Homeostasis & Protection and Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory for Cancer Molecular Cell Biology, Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
Yu ZhouDepartment of Neurobiology, Departments of Neurosurgery and Neurology of the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
Xinyue DaiDepartment of Neurobiology, Departments of Neurosurgery and Neurology of the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
Huiying ZhaoDepartment of Neurobiology, Departments of Neurosurgery and Neurology of the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
Yan-Qin YuDepartment of Neurobiology, Departments of Neurosurgery and Neurology of the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
Li ShenThe MOE Key Laboratory of Biosystems Homeostasis & Protection and Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory for Cancer Molecular Cell Biology, Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5696-2191
Xiao-Ming LiDepartment of Neurobiology, Departments of Neurosurgery and Neurology of the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310058, China. lixm@zju.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8617-1702
Jiadong ChenDepartment of Neurobiology, Departments of Neurosurgery and Neurology of the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310058, China. jardongchen@zju.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4915-5682

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 81870898
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Understanding the anatomical connection and behaviors of transcriptomic neuron subtypes is critical to delineating cell type-specific functions in the brain. Here we integrated single-nucleus transcriptomic sequencing, in vivo circuit mapping, optogenetic and chemogenetic approaches to dissect the molecular identity and function of heterogeneous GABAergic neuron populations in the zona incerta (ZI) in mice, a region involved in modulating various behaviors. By microdissecting ZI for transcriptomic and spatial gene expression analyses, our results revealed two non-overlapping Ecel1- and Pde11a-expressing GABAergic neurons with dominant expression in the rostral and medial zona incerta (ZIr

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Behavior, AnimalGABAergic NeuronsInstinctTranscriptomeZona IncertaAnimalsFemaleMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, TransgenicOptogenetics

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