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Thinking out of the dish: what to learn about cortical development using pluripotent stem cells

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van den Ameele, Jelle, Tiberi, Luca, Vanderhaeghen, Pierre, Espuny-Camacho, Ira·2014·Trends in Neurosciences

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The development of the cerebral cortex requires the tightly coordinated generation of dozens of neuronal subtypes that will populate specific layers and areas. Recent studies have revealed how pluripotent stem cells (PSC), whether of mouse or human origin, can differentiate into a wide range of cortical neurons in vitro, which can integrate appropriately into the brain following in vivo transplantation. These models are largely artificial but recapitulate a substantial fraction of the complex temporal and regional patterning events that occur during in vivo corticogenesis. Here, we review these findings with emphasis on the new perspectives that they have brought for understanding of cortical development, evolution, and diseases.

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  • PSC-based models have remained difficult to use to study cortical neuron development in vitro, given the technical challenges of long-term maintenance of functional neurons, whether as monolayer cultures or in organoids.

    “they have remained difficult to use to study cortical neuron development in vitro, given the technical challenges of long-term maintenance of functional neurons, whether as monolayer cultures or in organoids”

    From Xenotransplanted human cortical neurons reveal species-specific development and functional integration into mouse visual circuits (2019) · cites this paper as van den Ameele et al., 2014

    The Review section (page unavailable) calls prolonged culture of 3D models a crucial challenge because gas and nutrients must remain accessible, while noting improvements that enabled culture for several months. The section on corticogenesis and human evolution (page unavailable) says human neurons require extended culture to develop mature functional activity. Neither passage establishes that long-term maintenance of functional neurons is a technical obstacle in both monolayer cultures and organoids, or that PSC models have generally remained difficult to use for studying cortical neuron development. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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Authors
van den Ameele, J., Tiberi, L., Vanderhaeghen, P., & Espuny-Camacho, I.
Affiliations
Université Libre de Bruxelles (BE)
Corresponding author
Vanderhaeghen, Pierre
Venue
Trends in Neurosciences
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2014-06
Volume
37
Issue
6
Pages
334-342
ISSN
0166-2236 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2036257526
Cited by
110
References
93
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0.87
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journal article
Language
en
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Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Developmental Neuroscience › Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Pluripotent Stem Cells Research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
Keywords
cortical development, pluripotent stem cells, cerebral cortex, neuronal subtype specification, cortical lamination, in vitro differentiation, neural transplantation, cortical evolution
MeSH terms
Animals, Cerebral Cortex, Biological Evolution, Humans, Models, Neurological, Pluripotent Stem Cells, Embryonic Stem Cells

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