MEA-seqX: High-Resolution Profiling of Large-Scale Electrophysiological and Transcriptional Network Dynamics

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Contributors

  • Brett Addison Emery - , Chair of Genomics of Regeneration, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) - Partner Site Dresden (Author)
  • Xin Hu - , Chair of Genomics of Regeneration, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) - Partner Site Dresden (Author)
  • Diana Klütsch - , German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) (Author)
  • Shahrukh Khanzada - , German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) (Author)
  • Ludvig Larsson - , KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Author)
  • Ionut Dumitru - , Karolinska Institutet (Author)
  • Jonas Frisén - , Karolinska Institutet (Author)
  • Joakim Lundeberg - , KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Author)
  • Gerd Kempermann - , Chair of Genomics of Regeneration, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) - Partner Site Dresden (Author)
  • Hayder Amin - , German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus (Author)

Abstract

Concepts of brain function imply congruence and mutual causal influence between molecular events and neuronal activity. Decoding entangled information from concurrent molecular and electrophysiological network events demands innovative methodology bridging scales and modalities. The MEA-seqX platform, integrating high-density microelectrode arrays, spatial transcriptomics, optical imaging, and advanced computational strategies, enables the simultaneous recording and analysis of molecular and electrical network activities at mesoscale spatial resolution. Applied to a mouse hippocampal model of experience-dependent plasticity, MEA-seqX unveils massively enhanced nested dynamics between transcription and function. Graph–theoretic analysis reveals an increase in densely connected bimodal hubs, marking the first observation of coordinated hippocampal circuitry dynamics at molecular and functional levels. This platform also identifies different cell types based on their distinct bimodal profiles. Machine-learning algorithms accurately predict network-wide electrophysiological activity features from spatial gene expression, demonstrating a previously inaccessible convergence across modalities, time, and scales.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Article number2412373
JournalAdvanced science
Volume12
Issue number20
Publication statusPublished - 29 May 2025
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

PubMed 40304297
ORCID /0000-0002-5304-4061/work/191041499
ORCID /0000-0001-9614-4567/work/191041707

Keywords

Research priority areas of TU Dresden

Keywords

  • AI machine-learning, connectome, experience-dependent plasticity, large-scale neural recordings, predictive modeling, spatial transcriptomics, spatiotemporal dynamics