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The Human Brain in a Dish: The Promise of iPSC-Derived Neurons
Author(s) -
Ricardo E. Dolmetsch,
Daniel H. Geschwind
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 26.304
H-Index - 776
eISSN - 1097-4172
pISSN - 0092-8674
DOI - 10.1016/j.cell.2011.05.034
Subject(s) - induced pluripotent stem cell , biology , neuroscience , disease , mechanism (biology) , human induced pluripotent stem cells , bioinformatics , embryonic stem cell , medicine , gene , pathology , genetics , philosophy , epistemology
Induced pluripotent stem cell-derived neurons from patients promise to fill an important niche between studies in humans and model organisms in deciphering mechanisms and identifying therapeutic avenues for neurologic and psychiatric diseases. Recent work begins to tap this potential and also highlights challenges that must be overcome to be fully realized.

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