Advancing preclinical models of psychiatric disorders with human brain organoid cultures

TA Dixon, AR Muotri - Molecular Psychiatry, 2023 - nature.com
Psychiatric disorders are often distinguished from neurological disorders in that the former
do not have characteristic lesions or findings from cerebrospinal fluid …

Analysis of trace elements in human brain: its aim, methods, and concentration levels

C Grochowski, E Blicharska, P Krukow, K Jonak… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Trace elements play a crucial role in many biochemical processes, mainly as components of
vitamins and enzymes. Although small amounts of metal ions have protective properties …

Short term changes in the proteome of human cerebral organoids induced by 5-MeO-DMT

V Dakic, J Minardi Nascimento, R Costa Sartore… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Dimethyltryptamines are entheogenic serotonin-like molecules present in traditional
Amerindian medicine recently associated with cognitive gains, antidepressant effects, and …

Innovations in 3D tissue models of human brain physiology and diseases

ML Lovett, TJF Nieland, YTL Dingle… - Advanced functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract 3D laboratory tissue cultures have emerged as an alternative to traditional 2D
culture systems that do not recapitulate native cell behavior. The discrepancy between in …

Present application and perspectives of organoid imaging technology

K Fei, J Zhang, J Yuan, P Xiao - Bioengineering, 2022 - mdpi.com
An organoid is a miniaturized and simplified in vitro model with a similar structure and
function to a real organ. In recent years, the use of organoids has increased explosively in …

Copper transport and disease: what can we learn from organoids?

H Pierson, H Yang, S Lutsenko - Annual review of nutrition, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Many metals have biological functions and play important roles in human health. Copper
(Cu) is an essential metal that supports normal cellular physiology. Significant research …

Proteomic signatures of schizophrenia-sourced iPSC-derived neural cells and brain organoids are similar to patients' postmortem brains

JM Nascimento, VM Saia-Cereda, GS Zuccoli… - Cell & bioscience, 2022 - Springer
Background Schizophrenia is a complex and severe neuropsychiatric disorder, with a wide
range of debilitating symptoms. Several aspects of its multifactorial complexity are still …

Human cerebral organoids and fetal brain tissue share proteomic similarities

JM Nascimento, VM Saia-Cereda… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The limited access to functional human brain tissue has led to the development of stem cell-
based alternative models. The differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells into cerebral …

Recent trends and perspectives in cerebral organoids imaging and analysis

C Brémond Martin, C Simon Chane… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Purpose: Since their first generation in 2013, the use of cerebral organoids has spread
exponentially. Today, the amount of generated data is becoming challenging to analyze …

Computational fluid dynamic analysis of physical forces playing a role in brain organoid cultures in two different multiplex platforms

L Goto-Silva, NME Ayad, IL Herzog, NP Silva… - BMC developmental …, 2019 - Springer
Background Organoid cultivation in suspension culture requires agitation at low shear stress
to allow for nutrient diffusion, which preserves tissue structure. Multiplex systems for …