A comparison of viral strategies and model systems to target norepinephrine neurons in the locus coeruleus reveals high variability in transgene expression patterns

• Chantal Wissing ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Chantal Wissing, Lena S. Eschholz

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶These authors contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Synaptic Wiring Lab, Center for Molecular Neurobiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, Institute for Systems Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University Clinic, Cologne, Germany

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• Lena S. Eschholz ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Chantal Wissing, Lena S. Eschholz

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  ¶These authors contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Synaptic Wiring Lab, Center for Molecular Neurobiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, Department of Neurophysiology, MCTN, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany

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• Maxime Maheu,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Synaptic Wiring Lab, Center for Molecular Neurobiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, Section Computational Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Neurophysiology and Pathophysiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6851-4927

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• Kathrin Sauter,

  Roles Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Synaptic Wiring Lab, Center for Molecular Neurobiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

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• Fabio Morellini,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research Group Behavioral Biology, Center for Molecular Neurobiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

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• J. Simon Wiegert ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: simon.wiegert@medma.uni-heidelberg.de (JSW); alexander.dieter@medma.uni-heidelberg.de (AD)

  Affiliations Synaptic Wiring Lab, Center for Molecular Neurobiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, Department of Neurophysiology, MCTN, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0893-9349

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• Alexander Dieter

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: simon.wiegert@medma.uni-heidelberg.de (JSW); alexander.dieter@medma.uni-heidelberg.de (AD)

  Affiliations Synaptic Wiring Lab, Center for Molecular Neurobiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, Department of Neurophysiology, MCTN, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9154-4833

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