Imaging · study · 2026
Aging-Related Cellular and Molecular Changes Reveal a Role for Bglap3+ Neurons in MEC Spatial Cognition
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Aging-related cognitive decline, including impairments in spatial orientation and memory, has been linked to dysfunction within the hippocampus and medial entorhinal cortex (MEC).
Description
However, the cellular and molecular alterations underlying MEC aging remain poorly understood. Here we show that old mice exhibit a reduced proportion of grid cells and decreased spatial stability.
Transcriptomic profiling of the MEC using 10x Genomics Visium technology reveals 1664 differentially expressed genes between young and old mice. Among these, Bglap3 is identified as a marker gene for a subpopulation of Layer III neurons that showed an age-associated reduction in cell number. Chemogenetic silencing of Bglap3+ neurons in young mice impairs spatial tuning of MEC neurons.
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Together, these findings elucidate cellular and molecular mechanisms contributing to age-related MEC dysfunction and suggest that the loss of Bglap3+ neurons may underlie spatial coding deficits in aging.
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- GEO FTP directory ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/series/GSE347nnn/GSE347650 ↗
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Where it is published
- GEO accession page ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE347650 ↗
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Documentation and papers
- PRJNA1529755 ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA1529755 ↗
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Topics
- Stated by source
- Mus musculus · Other
- From keywords
- Life Sciences
Provenance · 1 source records, 7 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NCBI GEO | GSE347650 | 10 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · NCBI GEO | connector:ncbi_geo@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:life-sciences | mapping · NCBI GEO | connector:ncbi_geo@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[method].geo_series_type:other | source · NCBI GEO | connector:ncbi_geo@1.0.0 | /gdstype |
| concepts[organism].NCBITaxon:10090 | source · NCBI GEO | connector:ncbi_geo@1.0.0 | /taxon |
| description | source · NCBI GEO | connector:ncbi_geo@1.0.0 | /summary |
| publication_date | source · NCBI GEO | connector:ncbi_geo@1.0.0 | |
| title | source · NCBI GEO | connector:ncbi_geo@1.0.0 | /title |