Analyze gene expression in the human spinal cord
Read the paper by Gautier, Blum et al. 2023 in Neuron
Analyze disease-associated motor neurons (DM) and read the paper in Cell
Click a neuronal or glial spinal cord population below to analyze gene expression across diverse cell types, powered by cellxgene.
Motor neurons are stoichiometrically rare but functionally essential—they are the bridge that links the brain and body. Explore by clicking a cell type!
Click to analyze the whole dataset at once (DE analysis disabled)In-depth analysis of alpha (extrafusal muscle fibers) and gamma (intrafusal muscle fibers) motor neurons
Read the paper by Gautier, Blum et al. 2023 in Neuron
Read the paper by Smith et al. 2025 in Cell Reports
This site hosts data generated by the Gitler lab, Le Pichon lab, and Kratsios Lab
Blum et al. 2021--read the paper here.
Alkaslasi et al. 2021--read the paper here
Gautier, Blum et al. 2023--read the Neuron paper here
Smith et al. 2024--read the paper here
disease-associated motor neurons (DM) neurodegeneration paper--read the Cell paper here