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Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology 2019

1. Pituitary and Neuroendocrinology

Basic Science: Single-cell Profiling the Hypothalamus

ey0016.1-11 | Basic Science: Single-cell Profiling the Hypothalamus | ESPEYB16

1.11. Molecular, spatial, and functional single-cell profiling of the hypothalamic preoptic region

JR Moffitt , D Bambah-Mukku , SW Eichhorn , E Vaughn , K Shekhar , JD Perez , ND Rubinstein , J Hao , A Regev , C Dulac , X Zhuang

To read the full abstract: Science 2018;362(6416) eaau5324The hypothalamus is a highly complex region, which receives many inputs from several other brain regions and also from the periphery. It is the site of synthesis of many neuropeptides that act as neurotransmitters or via the systemic circulation (in blood). Hypothalamic nuclei are typically defined by their exact anatomical locati...