A mesoscale connectome of the mouse brain

…, C Lau, L Kuan, AM Henry, MT Mortrud, B Ouellette… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
Comprehensive knowledge of the brain’s wiring diagram is fundamental for understanding
how the nervous system processes information at both local and global scales. However, with …

Hierarchical organization of cortical and thalamic connectivity

…, MT Mortrud, M Naeemi, L Ng, SW Oh, B Ouellette… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
The mammalian cortex is a laminar structure containing many areas and cell types that are
densely interconnected in complex ways, and for which generalizable principles of …

[HTML][HTML] Anatomical characterization of Cre driver mice for neural circuit mapping and manipulation

…, LL Ng, P Bohn, M Mortrud, B Ouellette… - Frontiers in neural …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Significant advances in circuit-level analyses of the brain require tools that allow for labeling,
modulation of gene expression, and monitoring and manipulation of cellular activity in …

[PDF][PDF] Diverse central projection patterns of retinal ganglion cells

…, A Bernard, X Duan, Y Li, L Ng, SW Oh, B Ouellette… - Cell reports, 2017 - cell.com
Understanding how >30 types of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) in the mouse retina each
contribute to visual processing in the brain will require more tools that label and manipulate …

[PDF][PDF] Regional and cell-type-specific afferent and efferent projections of the mouse claustrum

…, M Naeemi, S Yao, M Mallory, B Ouellette… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
The claustrum (CLA) is a conspicuous subcortical structure interconnected with cortical and
subcortical regions. Its regional anatomy and cell-type-specific connections in the mouse …

RecV recombinase system for in vivo targeted optogenomic modifications of single cells or cell populations

S Yao, P Yuan, B Ouellette, T Zhou, M Mortrud… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Brain circuits comprise vast numbers of interconnected neurons with diverse molecular,
anatomical and physiological properties. To allow targeting of individual neurons for structural …

A whole-brain monosynaptic input connectome to neuron classes in mouse visual cortex

S Yao, Q Wang, KE Hirokawa, B Ouellette… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Identification of structural connections between neurons is a prerequisite to understanding
brain function. Here we developed a pipeline to systematically map brain-wide monosynaptic …

The organization of intracortical connections by layer and cell class in the mouse brain

…, MT Mortrud, M Naeemi, L Ng, SW Oh, B Ouellette… - BioRxiv, 2018 - biorxiv.org
The mammalian cortex is a laminar structure composed of many cell types densely interconnected
in complex ways. Recent systematic efforts to map the mouse mesoscale connectome …

Systematic comparison of adeno‐associated virus and biotinylated dextran amine reveals equivalent sensitivity between tracers and novel projection targets in the …

…, N Dee, M Mortrud, S Parry, B Ouellette… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
As an anterograde neuronal tracer, recombinant adeno‐associated virus (AAV) has distinct
advantages over the widely used biotinylated dextran amine (BDA). However, the sensitivity …

A robot for high yield electrophysiology and morphology of single neurons in vivo

L Li, B Ouellette, WA Stoy, EJ Garren, TL Daigle… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Single-cell characterization and perturbation of neurons provides knowledge critical to
addressing fundamental neuroscience questions including the structure–function relationship …