Induction of myelinating oligodendrocytes in human cortical spheroids

Nature Methods

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2018, Pages 700-706

  Madhavan, Mayur ^a   Nevin, Zachary S ^a   Shick, H Elizabeth ^a   Garrison, Eric ^b   Clarkson Paredes, Cheryl ^b   Karl, Molly ^b   Clayton, Benjamin L L ^a   Factor, Daniel C ^a   Allan, Kevin C ^a   Barbar, Lilianne ^a   Jain, Tanya ^c   Douvaras, Panagiotis ^c   Fossati, Valentina ^c   Miller, Robert H ^b   Tesar, Paul J ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c New York Stem Cell Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYELIN; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR AA; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; MYELINATION; NEUROFILAMENT; OLIGODENDROGLIA; ORGANOID; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR SPHEROID; ANIMAL; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MULTICELLULAR SPHEROID; MYELIN SHEATH;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; MYELIN SHEATH; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; SPHEROIDS, CELLULAR;

EID: 85050695814     PISSN: 15487091     EISSN: 15487105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41592-018-0081-4     Document Type: Article

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