You Have Brains in Your Head, You Have Organoids in Your Dish, You Can Steer Yourself in any Direction You Wish

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Drew M Thodeson et al. Epilepsy Curr. 2017 Sep-Oct.

. 2017 Sep-Oct;17(5):311-313.

doi: 10.5698/1535-7597.17.5.311.

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