Assembloid models of cell-cell interaction to study tissue and disease biology

MM Onesto, J Kim, SP Pasca - Cell Stem Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Neurodevelopment involves the migration, projection, and integration of various cell types
across different regions of the nervous system. Assembloids are self-organizing systems …

Human assembloids reveal the consequences of CACNA1G gene variants in the thalamocortical pathway

J Kim, Y Miura, MY Li, O Revah, S Selvaraj, F Birey… - Neuron, 2024 - cell.com
Abnormalities in thalamocortical crosstalk can lead to neuropsychiatric disorders. Variants in
CACNA1G, which encodes the α1G subunit of the thalamus-enriched T-type calcium …

[HTML][HTML] Organoids as a model of status epilepticus

JS Street, C Zourray, G Lignani - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2024 - Elsevier
Status epilepticus (SE) is a neurological emergency that can be studied in animal models,
particularly mice. However, these models are labour-intensive and require large numbers of …

[HTML][HTML] Protocol for generating human assembloids to investigate thalamocortical and corticothalamic synaptic transmission and plasticity

A Nityanandam, MH Patton, IT Bayazitov, KD Newman… - STAR protocols, 2025 - Elsevier
Human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) can be used to generate assembloids that
recreate thalamocortical circuitry displaying short-term and long-term synaptic plasticity …

Multi-Region Brain Organoid–Fusion Organoid with Cerebral, Endothelial and Mid-Hindbrain Components

A Kshirsagar, H Mnatsakanyan, S Kulkarni, J Guo… - bioRxiv, 2025 - biorxiv.org
Brain organoid technology has revolutionized our ability to model human neurodevelopment
in vitro. However, current techniques remains limited by their reliance on simplified …