Publications
2024
Host and rabies virus gene expression is shaped by human brain cell type and reveals a preexisting pro-viral transcriptional state in astrocytes
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Feige L, Young K, Cerapio JP, Kozaki T, Kergoat L, Libri V, Ginhoux F, Hasan M, Ben Ameur L, Chin G, Goode Z, Bourhy H and Saunders A.
Biorxiv, 2024
AnnSQL: A Python SQL-based package for large-scale single-cell genomics analysis on a laptop
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Pavan K and Saunders A. Biorxiv, 2024
Transcriptomic diversity of amygdalar subdivisions across humans and nonhuman primates
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Totty M, Cervera Juanes R, Bach S, Ben Ameur L, Valentine M, Simons E, Romac M,Trinh H, Henderson K, Del Rosario I, Tippani M, Miller R, Kleinman J, Cerceo Page S, Saunders A, Hyde T, Martinowich K, Hicks S, Costa V
Biorxiv, 2024
2022
Ascertaining cells’ synaptic connections and RNA expression simultaneously with barcoded rabies virus libraries
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Saunders A, Huang KW, Vondrak C, Hughes C, Smolyar K, Sen H, Philson AC, Nemesh J, Wysoker A, Kashin S, Sabatini BL & McCarroll, SA
Nature Communications, 2022
2020
Innovations present in the primate interneuron repertoire
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Krienen FM, Goldman M, Zhang Q, del Rosario RCH, Florio M, Machold R, Saunders A [....] Berretta, S, Fishell G, Feng G & McCarroll, SA
Nature, 2020
2019
Single-cell RNA sequencing of Microglia throughout the Mouse Lifespan and in the Injured Brain Reveals Complex Cell-State Changes
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Hammond TR, Dufort C, Dissing-Olesen L, Giera S, Young A, Wysoker A, Walker AJ, Gergits F, Segel M, Nemesh J, Marsh SE, Saunders A, Macosko E, Ginhoux F, Chen J, Franklin RJM, Piao X, McCarroll SA, Stevens BF
Immunity, 2019
2018
Molecular Diversity and Specializations among the Cells of the Adult Mouse Brain
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Saunders A*, Macosko E*, Wysoker A, Goldman M, Krienen F, de Rivera H, Bien E, Baum M, Wang S, Goeva A, Nemesh J, Kamitaki N, Brumbaugh S, Kulp D, McCarroll SA
Cell, 2018
Heritability enrichment of specifically expressed genes identifies disease-relevant tissues and cell types
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Finucane HK, Reshef YA, Anttila V, Slowikowski K, Gusev A, Byrnes A, Gazal S, Loh PR, Lareau C, Shoresh N, Genovese G, Saunders A, Macosko E, Pollack S; Brainstorm Consortium, Perry JRB, Buenrostro JD, Bernstein BE, Raychaudhuri S, McCarroll S, Neale BM, Price AL
Nature Genetics, 2018
2016
Genetically Distinct Parallel Pathways in the Entopeduncular Nucleus for Limbic and Sensorimotor Output of the Basal Ganglia
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Wallace ML, Saunders A, Huang KW, Philson AC, Goldman M, Macosko EZ, McCarroll SA, Sabatini BL
Neuron, 2016
Cotransmission of Acetylcholine and GABA
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Granger AJ, Mulder N, Saunders A, Sabatini BL
Neuropharmacology, 2016
Globus pallidus externus neurons expressing parvalbumin interconnect the subthalamic nucleus and striatal interneurons
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Saunders, A, Huang, KW & Sabatini, BL
PLoSONE, 2016
2015
A direct GABAergic output from the basal ganglia to frontal cortex
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Saunders, A, Oldenburg, IA, Berezovskii, VK, Johnson, CA, Kingery, ND, Elliott, HL, Xie, T, Gerfen, CR & Sabatini, BL
Nature, 2015
Corelease of GABA and acetylcholine from cholinergic forebrain neurons
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Saunders, A*, Granger, A* & Sabatini, BL
eLife, 2015
Cre activated and inactivated recombinant adeno-associated viral vectors for neuronal anatomical tracing or activity manipulation
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Saunders, A & Sabatini, BL
Current Protocols in Neuroscience, 2015
Duplication and adaptive evolution of a key centromeric protein in Mimulus, a genus with centromere-associated female meiotic drive
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Finseth, FR, Dong, Y, Saunders, A. & Fishman, L
Molecular Evolution, 2015
2012
Recurrent network activity drives striatal synaptogenesis
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Kozorovitskiy, Y*, Saunders, A*, Johnson, C, Lowell, BB & Sabatini, BL
Nature, 2012
Novel recombinant adeno-associated viruses for Cre activated and inactivated transgene expression
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Saunders, A., Johnson, C. and Sabatini, BL
Frontiers in Neural Circuits, 2012
Fasting Activation of AgRP Neurons Requires NMDA Receptors and Involves Spinogenesis and Increased Excitatory Tone
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Liu, T, Kong, D, Shah, B, Ye, C, Koda, S, Saunders, A, Ding, J, Yang, Z, Sabatini, B and Lowell, B
Neuron, 2012
2011
Anterograde or retrograde transsynaptic labeling of CNS neurons with vesicular stomatitis virus vectors
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Beier, KT, Saunders, A, Oldenburg, I, Miyamichi, K, Akhtar, N, Luo, L, Whelan, S, Sabatini, BL and Cepko, C
PNAS, 2011
2008
Centromere-associated female meiotic drive entails male fitness costs in Monkeyflowers
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Fishman, L. and Saunders, A
Science, 2008
2007
How to use typological databases in historical linguistic research
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Wichmann, S. and Saunders, A
Diachronica, 2007