Transcriptomic analysis of the juvenile to adult transition in the mouse corpus callosum
The corpus callosum, a major white matter tract in the brain, undergoes age-related functional changes. To extend our investigation of age-related gene expression dynamics in the mouse corpus callosum, we compared RNA-seq data from 2-week-old and 12-week-old wild-type C57BL/6J mice and identified the differentially expressed genes (e.g., Serpinb1a, Ndrg1, Dnmt3a, etc.) between these ages. Furthermore, by comparing these genes with the datasets from 20-week-old and 96-week-old mice, we identified novel sets of genes with age-dependent variations in the corpus callosum. These gene expression changes potentially affect key biological pathways and may be closely linked to age-related neurological disorders, including dementia and stroke. Therefore, our results provide an additional dataset to explore age-dependent gene expression dynamics in the corpus callosum.