Advances in microfluidic in vitro systems for neurological disease modeling

PM Holloway, S Willaime‐Morawek… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Neurological disorders are the leading cause of disability and the second largest cause of
death worldwide. Despite significant research efforts, neurology remains one of the most …

Microfluidics for neuronal cell and circuit engineering

R Habibey, JE Rojo Arias, J Striebel… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The widespread adoption of microfluidic devices among the neuroscience and neurobiology
communities has enabled addressing a broad range of questions at the molecular, cellular …

Organ-on-a-chip: A new tool for in vitro research

J Yan, Z Li, J Guo, S Liu, J Guo - Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Organ-on-a-chip (OOC, organ chip) technology can closely simulate the human
microenvironment, synthesize organ-like functional units on a fluidic chip substrate, and …

Modeling Neurodegenerative Diseases Using In Vitro Compartmentalized Microfluidic Devices

L Miny, BGC Maisonneuve, I Quadrio… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The human brain is a complex organ composed of many different types of cells
interconnected to create an organized system able to efficiently process information …

Impact of microchannel width on axons for brain-on-chip applications

K Vulić, G Amos, T Ruff, R Kasm, SJ Ihle, J Küchler… - Lab on a Chip, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Technologies for axon guidance for in vitro disease models and bottom up investigations are
increasingly being used in neuroscience research. One of the most prevalent patterning …

Tau misfolding efficiently propagates between individual intact hippocampal neurons

GI Hallinan, M Vargas-Caballero, J West… - Journal of …, 2019 - Soc Neuroscience
Neurofibrillary tangles, formed of misfolded, hyperphosphorylated tau protein, are a
pathological hallmark of several neurodegenerations, including Alzheimer's disease. Tau …

Structure-function dynamics of engineered, modular neuronal networks with controllable afferent-efferent connectivity

N Winter-Hjelm, ÅB Tomren, P Sikorski… - Journal of Neural …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. Microfluidic devices interfaced with microelectrode arrays have in recent years
emerged as powerful platforms for studying and manipulating in vitro neuronal networks at …

Reverse engineering of feedforward cortical-Hippocampal microcircuits for modelling neural network function and dysfunction

KS Hanssen, N Winter-Hjelm, SN Niethammer… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Engineered biological neural networks are indispensable models for investigation of neural
function and dysfunction from the subcellular to the network level. Notably, advanced …

Quantitative propagation of assembled human Tau from Alzheimer's disease brain in microfluidic neuronal cultures

A Katsikoudi, E Ficulle, A Cavallini, G Sharman… - Journal of Biological …, 2020 - ASBMB
Tau aggregation and hyperphosphorylation is a key neuropathological hallmark of
Alzheimer's disease (AD), and the temporospatial spread of Tau observed during clinical …

Engineering an in vitro retinothalamic nerve model

G Amos, SJ Ihle, BF Clément, J Duru… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Understanding the retinogeniculate pathway in vitro can offer insights into its development
and potential for future therapeutic applications. This study presents a Polydimethylsiloxane …