Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs): molecular mechanisms of induction and applications

J Cerneckis, H Cai, Y Shi - Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, 2024 - nature.com
The induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) technology has transformed in vitro research and
holds great promise to advance regenerative medicine. iPSCs have the capacity for an …

Genetics of human brain development

Y Zhou, H Song, G Ming - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
Brain development in humans is achieved through precise spatiotemporal genetic control,
the mechanisms of which remain largely elusive. Recently, integration of technological …

Functional neuronal circuitry and oscillatory dynamics in human brain organoids

T Sharf, T Van Der Molen, SMK Glasauer… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Human brain organoids replicate much of the cellular diversity and developmental anatomy
of the human brain. However, the physiology of neuronal circuits within organoids remains …

Organoids: The current status and biomedical applications

S Yang, H Hu, H Kung, R Zou, Y Dai, Y Hu… - MedComm, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Organoids are three‐dimensional (3D) miniaturized versions of organs or tissues that are
derived from cells with stem potential and can self‐organize and differentiate into 3D cell …

Assembloid CRISPR screens reveal impact of disease genes in human neurodevelopment

X Meng, D Yao, K Imaizumi, X Chen, KW Kelley, N Reis… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The assembly of cortical circuits involves the generation and migration of interneurons from
the ventral to the dorsal forebrain,–, which has been challenging to study at inaccessible …

Two-photon calcium imaging of neuronal activity

C Grienberger, A Giovannucci, W Zeiger… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
In vivo two-photon calcium imaging (2PCI) is a technique used for recording neuronal
activity in the intact brain. It is based on the principle that, when neurons fire action …

[HTML][HTML] Structural and functional integration of human forebrain organoids with the injured adult rat visual system

D Jgamadze, JT Lim, Z Zhang, PM Harary, J Germi… - Cell stem cell, 2023 - cell.com
Brain organoids created from human pluripotent stem cells represent a promising approach
for brain repair. They acquire many structural features of the brain and raise the possibility of …

Kirigami electronics for long-term electrophysiological recording of human neural organoids and assembloids

X Yang, C Forró, TL Li, Y Miura, TJ Zaluska… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Realizing the full potential of organoids and assembloids to model neural development and
disease will require improved methods for long-term, minimally invasive recording of …

[HTML][HTML] Human cerebellar organoids with functional Purkinje cells

A Atamian, M Birtele, N Hosseini, T Nguyen, A Seth… - Cell Stem Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Research on human cerebellar development and disease has been hampered by the need
for a human cell-based system that recapitulates the human cerebellum's cellular diversity …

Neuronal ensembles: Building blocks of neural circuits

R Yuste, R Cossart, E Yaksi - Neuron, 2024 - cell.com
Neuronal ensembles, defined as groups of neurons displaying recurring patterns of
coordinated activity, represent an intermediate functional level between individual neurons …