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ISCIENCE
Volume 24, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2020.101906
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- European Union [785907, 945539]
- Research Council of Norway [295721, 269774, 227769]
- Kavli Foundation
- Center of Excellence scheme of the Research Council of Norway-Centre for Neural Computation [223262]
- National Infrastructure scheme of the Research Council of Norway-NORBRAIN Grant [197467]
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Calcium-binding proteins parvalbumin and calbindin are expressed in neuronal populations regulating brain networks involved in spatial navigation, memory processes, and social interactions. Through semi-automated image analysis, it was found that these neurons distribute in complementary patterns across the mouse brain, with parvalbumin neurons dominating in sensorimotor processing and navigation areas, and calbindin neurons prevailing in behavioral state regions. Additionally, the distribution of parvalbumin neurons in the hippocampal region of the rat and mouse brain follows similar principles.
The calcium-binding proteins parvalbumin and calbindin are expressed in neuronal populations regulating brain networks involved in spatial navigation, memory processes, and social interactions. Information about the numbers of these neurons across brain regions is required to understand their functional roles but is scarcely available. Employing semi-automated image analysis, we performed brain-wide analysis of immunohistochemically stained parvalbumin and calbindin sections and show that these neurons distribute in complementary patterns across the mouse brain. Parvalbumin neurons dominate in areas related to sensorimotor processing and navigation, whereas calbindin neurons prevail in regions reflecting behavioral states. We also find that parvalbumin neurons distribute according to similar principles in the hippocampal region of the rat and mouse brain. We validated our results against manual counts and evaluated variability of results among researchers. Comparison of our results to previous reports showed that neuron numbers vary, whereas patterns of relative densities and numbers are consistent.
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