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. 2016 Nov;22(11):1220-1228.
doi: 10.1038/nm.4214. Epub 2016 Oct 26.

The promises and challenges of human brain organoids as models of neuropsychiatric disease

Giorgia Quadrato  1 , Juliana Brown  1 , Paola Arlotta  1
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The promises and challenges of human brain organoids as models of neuropsychiatric disease

Giorgia Quadrato et al. Nat Med. 2016 Nov.

Abstract

Neuropsychiatric disorders such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD), schizophrenia (SCZ) and bipolar disorder (BPD) are of great societal and medical importance, but the complexity of these diseases and the challenges of modeling the development and function of the human brain have made these disorders difficult to study experimentally. The recent development of 3D brain organoids derived from human pluripotent stem cells offers a promising approach for investigating the phenotypic underpinnings of these highly polygenic disorders and for understanding the contribution of individual risk variants and complex genetic background to human pathology. Here we discuss the advantages, limitations and future applications of human brain organoids as in vitro models of neuropsychiatric disease.

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