Differentiation of cortical brain organoids and optic nerve-like structures from retinal confluent cultures of pluripotent stem cells
Milan Fernando, Scott David Lee, Jesse Ray Wark, Di Xiao, Hani J. Kim, Grady C. Smith, Ted Wong, Erdahl Teber, Robin R. Ali, Pengyi Yang, Mark Evan Graham, Anai Gonzalez-Cordero
This paper describes a protocol to generate cortical brain organoids and optic nerve-like structures from retinal confluent cultures of pluripotent stem cells, showing transcriptional similarity to fetal cortex and functional network activity.
bioRxiv · May 16, 2021 · PreprintNeuroscience