A Cross-Species Enhancer-AAV Toolkit for Cell Type-Specific Targeting Across the Basal Ganglia
Morgan E. Wirthlin, Avery C. Hunker, Saroja Somasundaram, M. Nathaly Lerma, Will Laird, Victoria Omstead, Naz Taskin, Niklas Kempynck, Matthew T. Schmitz, Yuan Gao, Emma D. Thomas, Marcus J. Hooper, Yoav Ben‐Simon, Refugio A. Martinez, Ximena Opitz-Araya, , Tanya L. Daigle
The paper develops a cross-species enhancer-AAV toolkit for targeting specific cell types in the basal ganglia across species, validated in mouse and macaque.
bioRxiv · Feb 27, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience