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Human brain development and its in vitro recapitulation

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Advances in Cerebral Organoid Systems and their Application in Disease Modeling

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The role of mycotoxins in neurodegenerative diseases: current state of the art and future perspectives of research

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Generation of advanced cerebellar organoids for neurogenesis and neuronal network development

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A polarized FGF8 source specifies frontotemporal signatures in spatially oriented cell populations of cortical assembloids

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NeuroCore formation during differentiation of neurospheres of mouse embryonic neural stem cells

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Cerebellar Differentiation from Human Stem Cells Through Retinoid, Wnt, and Sonic Hedgehog Pathways

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Modeling brain development and diseases with human cerebral organoids

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Regional specification and complementation with non-neuroectodermal cells in human brain organoids

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Human embryonic stem cell-derived cerebral organoids for treatment of mild traumatic brain injury in a mouse model

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In vitro characterization of neurite extension using induced pluripotent stem cells derived from lissencephaly patients with TUBA1A missense mutations

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Self-Organized Formation of Polarized Cortical Tissues from ESCs and Its Active Manipulation by Extrinsic Signals

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Self-Organization of Polarized Cerebellar Tissue in 3D Culture of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells

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Self-organization of neural patterns and structures in 3D culture of stem cells

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Self-formation of layered neural structures in three-dimensional culture of ES cells

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