Methodological concerns and lack of evidence for single-synapse RNA-seq

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Fig. 1: Conventional synaptosome fractionation and sorting compared to the method of Niu et al.

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  1. Benjamin D. Hobson

    Present address: Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

    Benjamin D. Hobson

  2. Medical Scientist Training Program, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

    Benjamin D. Hobson

  3. University of Bordeaux, CNRS, IINS, UMR 5297, Bordeaux, France

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