Temporal Specification of Basal Forebrain Circuitry

基底前脑回路的时间规范

• 批准号: 10550094
• 负责人: COREY C HARWELL
• 金额: $ 42.54万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-03-01 至 2024-02-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10550094
• 关键词: Address; Aggressive behavior; Allium cepa; Anxiety; Behavior; Behavioral; Bipolar Depression; Bipolar Disorder; Birth Order; Brain region; Cells; Competence; Development; Developmental Gene; Electrophysiology (science); Embryo; Emotional; Foundations; Fright; Functional disorder; Gene Expression; Genes; Genetic; Genetic Transcription; Goals; Hippocampus (Brain); Histology; Knockout Mice; Lateral; Lead; Logic; Maps; Medial; Mediating; Mental Depression; Mental disorders; Molecular; Molecular Genetics; Molecular Profiling; Moods; Motivation; Neurons; Pathway interactions; Pattern; Play; Process; Production; Rabies virus; Research Proposals; Role; Schizophrenia; Septal Nuclei; Skin; Source; Specific qualifier value; Structure; Subgroup; Techniques; Testing; Time; basal forebrain; cell type; cholinergic; cohort; conditional knockout; insight; interdisciplinary approach; neurogenesis; neuropsychiatric disorder; new therapeutic target; progenitor; programs; sequencing platform; single-cell RNA sequencing; treatment strategy

Project Summary The septum is a structure in the basal forebrain that has critical roles in regulating emotional states including fear, anxiety and depression. Despite our growing appreciation for the importance of lateral septal circuit function in modulating emotional states, we know very little about the specific functions of the diverse septal neuron cell types and even less about the developmental mechanisms that create this diversity. We have identified the transcriptional regulator Prdm16 (Positive Regulatory Domain- containing 16), as being a critical component for regulating the production of distinct subtypes of neurons in the lateral septum. Our studies of Prdm16 serve as an entry point to understanding the relevant genetic programs and progenitor types regulating the development and specification of diverse septal neuron subtypes. In this proposal we plan to utilize single-cell RNA sequencing to map the developmental trajectories and overall diversity of neuronal cell types in the septum. The results from these studies will provide a foundation for understanding the development and function of temporally specified septum neuron types, and their contribution to behavioral circuits.

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