Brain-on-a-Chip Device for Modeling Multiregional Networks

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dc.contributor.authorNdyabawe, Kenneth
dc.contributor.authorCipriano, Michael
dc.contributor.authorZhao, Wujun
dc.contributor.authorHaidekker, Mark
dc.contributor.authorYao, Kun
dc.contributor.authorMao, Leidong
dc.contributor.authorKisaalita, William S.
dc.date.accessioned2025-04-15T11:07:30Z
dc.date.available2025-04-15T11:07:30Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractAnimal models are frequently used in drug discovery because they represent a mammalian in vivo model system, they are the closest approximation to the human brain, and experimentation in humans is not ethical. Working with postmortem human brain samples is challenging and developing human in vitro systems, which mimic the in vivo human brain, has been challenging. However, the use of animal models in drug discovery for human neurological diseases is currently under scrutiny because data from animal models has come with variations due to genetic differences. Evidence from the literature suggests that techniques to reconstruct multiple neurotransmission projections, which characterize neurological disease circuits in humans, in vitro, have not been demonstrated. This paper presents a multicompartment microdevice for patterning neurospheres and specification of neural stem cell fate toward networks of multiple neuronal phenotypes. We validated our design by specification of human neural stem cells to dopaminergic and GABAergic neurons in different compartments of the device, simultaneously. The neurospheres formed unrestricted robust neuronal circuits between arrays of neurospheres in all compartments of the device. Such a device design may provide a basis for formation of multineurotransmission circuits to model functional connectivity between specific human brain regions, in vitro, using human-derived neural stem cells. This work finds relevance in neurological disease modeling and drug screening using human cell-based assays and may provide the impetus for shifting from animal-based models.
dc.identifier.citationNdyabawe, K., Cipriano, M., Zhao, W., Haidekker, M., Yao, K., Mao, L., & Kisaalita, W. S. (2020). Brain-on-a-chip device for modeling multiregional networks. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, 7(1), 350-359.https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.0c00895
dc.identifier.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.0c00895
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/10693
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering
dc.titleBrain-on-a-Chip Device for Modeling Multiregional Networks
dc.typeArticle
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