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Building Models of Brain Disorders with Three-Dimensional Organoids

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Amin, Neal D., Paşca, Sergiu P.·2018·Neuron

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Disorders of the nervous system are challenging to study and treat due to the relative inaccessibility of functional human brain tissue for research. Stem cell-derived 3D human brain organoids have the potential to recapitulate features of the human brain with greater complexity than 2D models and are increasingly being applied to model diseases affecting the central nervous system. Here, we review the use of human brain organoids to investigate neurological and psychiatric (neuropsychiatric) disorders and how this technology may ultimately advance our biological understanding of these conditions.

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  • Human brain organoids are 3D cultures derived from human pluripotent stem cells and recapitulate native brain cellular components, cytoarchitecture, and exhibit neural activity.

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Authors
Amin, N. D., & Paşca, S. P.
Affiliations
Stanford Medicine (US)
Venue
Neuron
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2018-10
Volume
100
Issue
2
Pages
389-405
ISSN
0896-6273 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2898097990
Cited by
312
References
159
Citations by year
2026: 16 · 2025: 22 · 2024: 36 · 2023: 36 · 2022: 34 · 2021: 59 · 2020: 62 · 2019: 43 · 2018: 2
FWCI
4.07
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Neuron (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Pluripotent Stem Cells Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Developmental Neuroscience › Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › 3D Printing in Biomedical Research
Keywords
brain organoids, 3D organoids, neurological disorders, mental illness, neuropsychiatric disorders, disease modeling, central nervous system disorders, human brain development
MeSH terms
Brain Diseases, Humans, Organ Culture Techniques, Organoids

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