Lab-created mini-brains reveal how growing organ maintains neuronal balance
Thursday, July 27, 2017 - 15:02
in Biology & Nature
Scientists can now explore in a laboratory dish how the human brain develops by creating organoids -- distinct, three-dimensional regions of the brain. Scientists coaxed early stage stem cells to create and fuse two types of organoids from different brain regions to show how the developing brain maintains proper balance of excitatory and inhibitory neurons.