Phosphoribosomes for fingerprinting neurons.

Dietrich, Marcelo O; Horvath, Tamas L · Cell · 2012

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

The mammalian brain comprises a diverse variety of cell types. Fine characterization of specific subpopulations of neurons, however, has been a technical challenge. Here, Knight et al. describe an elegant technique for high throughput of molecular profiling of activated hypothalamic neurons.