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The disease primarily affects the central nervous system, causing progressive neurodegeneration, including widespread neuronal loss and gliosis. To gain a deeper understanding of the neuropathology associated with GM1 gangliosidosis, we employed single-nucleus RNA sequencing to analyze brain tissues from both GM1 gangliosidosis model mice and control mice. No significant changes in cell proportions were detected between the two groups of animals. Differential expression analysis revealed cell type-specific changes in gene expression in neuronal and glial cells. Functional analysis highlighted the neurodegenerative processes, oxidative phosphorylation, and neuroactive ligand\u2013receptor interactions as the significantly affected pathways. The contribution of the impairment of neurotransmitter system disruption and neuronal circuitry disruption was more important than neuroinflammatory responses to GM1 pathology. In 16-week-old GM1 gangliosidosis mice, no microglial or astrocyte activation or increased expression of innate immunity genes was detected. This suggested that nerve degeneration did not induce the inflammatory response but rather promoted glial cell clearance. 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