Abstract
Genomic or chromosomal mosaicism in human brain cells is considered a source for neuronal diversity and a mechanism for neuropsychiatric diseases. However, there is still a lack of consensus concerning the extent and effects of mosaic chromosome abnormalities (i.e., aneuploidy) in the normal and diseased human brain. To solve this problem, a need for detailed description of single-cell techniques for chromosomal analysis of human brain cells appears to exist. In this chapter, FISH-based techniques for detecting genomic (chromosomal) mosaicism in the human brain are described.
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Professor YB Yurov is supported by a grant from the Russian Science Foundation (project #14-35-00060) at Moscow State University of Psychology and Education. Professors SG Vorsanova and IY Iourov are supported by a grant from the Russian Science Foundation (project #14-15-00411) at Mental Health Research Center. The study of the Alzheimer disease brain is supported by the ERA.Net RUS Plus program.
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Yurov, Y.B., Vorsanova, S.G., Soloviev, I.V., Ratnikov, A.M., Iourov, I.Y. (2017). FISH-Based Assays for Detecting Genomic (Chromosomal) Mosaicism in Human Brain Cells. In: Frade, J., Gage, F. (eds) Genomic Mosaicism in Neurons and Other Cell Types. Neuromethods, vol 131. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7280-7_2
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