Genoarchitectonics of the larval zebrafish diencephalon.
HCR in situ labeling
RRID:AB_221448
RRID:AB_887804
brain atlas
neuroanatomy
prosomere
Journal
The Journal of comparative neurology
ISSN: 1096-9861
Titre abrégé: J Comp Neurol
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0406041
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
20 Nov 2023
20 Nov 2023
Historique:
revised:
15
07
2023
received:
10
02
2023
accepted:
03
10
2023
medline:
20
11
2023
pubmed:
20
11
2023
entrez:
20
11
2023
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
The brain is spatially organized into subdivisions, nuclei and areas, which often correspond to functional and developmental units. A segmentation of brain regions in the form of a consensus atlas facilitates mechanistic studies and is a prerequisite for sharing information among neuroanatomists. Gene expression patterns objectively delineate boundaries between brain regions and provide information about their developmental and evolutionary histories. To generate a detailed molecular map of the larval zebrafish diencephalon, we took advantage of the Max Planck Zebrafish Brain (mapzebrain) atlas, which aligns hundreds of transcript and transgene expression patterns in a shared coordinate system. Inspection and co-visualization of close to 50 marker genes have allowed us to resolve the tripartite prosomeric scaffold of the diencephalon at unprecedented resolution. This approach clarified the genoarchitectonic partitioning of the alar diencephalon into pretectum (alar part of prosomere P1), thalamus (alar part of prosomere P2, with habenula and pineal complex), and prethalamus (alar part of prosomere P3). We further identified the region of the nucleus of the medial longitudinal fasciculus, as well as the posterior and anterior parts of the posterior tuberculum, as molecularly distinct basal parts of prosomeres 1, 2, and 3, respectively. Some of the markers examined allowed us to locate glutamatergic, GABAergic, dopaminergic, serotoninergic, and various neuropeptidergic domains in the larval zebrafish diencephalon. Our molecular neuroanatomical approach has thus (1) yielded an objective and internally consistent interpretation of the prosomere boundaries within the zebrafish forebrain; has (2) produced a list of markers, which in sparse combinations label the subdivisions of the diencephalon; and is (3) setting the stage for further functional and developmental studies in this vertebrate brain.
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Journal Article
Langues
eng
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Organisme : Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
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© 2023 The Authors. The Journal of Comparative Neurology published by Wiley Periodicals LLC.
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