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ArticleiScience2019

A Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Tissue Model of a Cerebral Tract Connecting Two Cortical Regions.

Takaaki Kirihara, Zhongyue Luo, Siu Yu A Chow, Ryuji Misawa, Jiro Kawada, Shinsuke Shibata, Farad Khoyratee, Carole Anne Vollette, Valentine Volz, Timothée Levi and 2 more

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Article in iScience, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Takaaki KiriharaInstitute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Zhongyue LuoInstitute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Siu Yu A ChowInstitute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Ryuji MisawaInstitute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Jiro KawadaInstitute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Shinsuke ShibataElectron Microscope Laboratory, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Farad KhoyrateeInstitute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Laboratoire de l'Intégration du Matériau au Système (IMS), University Bordeaux, Bordeaux INP, CNRS UMR 5218, Talence, France.
Carole Anne VolletteInstitute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Laboratoire de l'Intégration du Matériau au Système (IMS), University Bordeaux, Bordeaux INP, CNRS UMR 5218, Talence, France.
Valentine VolzInstitute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Timothée LeviInstitute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Laboratoire de l'Intégration du Matériau au Système (IMS), University Bordeaux, Bordeaux INP, CNRS UMR 5218, Talence, France.
Teruo FujiiInstitute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Yoshiho IkeuchiInstitute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: yikeuchi@iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cerebral tracts connect separated regions within a brain and serve as fundamental structures that support integrative brain functions. However, understanding the mechanisms of cerebral tract development, macro-circuit formation, and related disorders has been hampered by the lack of an in vitro model. Here, we developed a human stem cell-derived model of cerebral tracts, which is composed of two spheroids of cortical neurons and a robust fascicle of axons linking these spheroids reciprocally. In a microdevice, two spheroids of cerebral neurons extended axons into a microchannel between the spheroids and spontaneously formed an axon fascicle, mimicking a cerebral tract. We found that the formation of axon fascicle was significantly promoted when two spheroids extended axons toward each other compared with axons extended from only one spheroid. The two spheroids were able to communicate electrically through the axon fascicle. This model tissue could facilitate studies of cerebral tract development and diseases.

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BiodevicesNeuroscienceTechniques in Neuroscience

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PMCPMC6489017

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