Minibrain Storm : Cerebral Organoids Aren't Real Brains?But They Provide a Powerful Platform for Modeling Brain Diseases Like Zika Infection, Alzheimer's, and Even Autism

IEEE Pulse. 2017 May-Jun;8(3):31-34. doi: 10.1109/MPUL.2017.2680360.

Abstract

Floating in a Petri dish, they look like tiny tapioca pearls in peach broth, a couple dozen in number and none much larger than the tip of a ballpoint pen. But under a microscope, dense, lumpy bodies come into focus, outlined by wispy coronas.

MeSH terms

  • Autistic Disorder
  • Brain
  • Brain Diseases*
  • Humans
  • Models, Biological*
  • Organoids*
  • Zika Virus
  • Zika Virus Infection