Gene Expression Analysis by Multiplex Single-Cell RT-PCR
Abstract
Brain circuit assemblies comprise different cellular subpopulations that exhibit morphological, electrophysiological, and molecular diversity. Here we describe a protocol which, combined with whole-cell patchclamp recording and morphological reconstruction, allows the transcriptomic analysis of the recorded cell. This protocol provides recipes on how to detect simultaneously the expression of 24 genes/ markers at the single-cell level using polymerase chain reaction (PCR), how to design gene-specific probes, and how to validate them. This technique provides multiplexed expression data that cannot be easily obtained by other approaches such as immunological co-labeling.
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