human stem cell-derived hippocampal assembloid (IMAGE)

University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences

human stem cell-derived hippocampal assembloid

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Microscopy image of a human stem cell-derived hippocampal organoid. When the tissue carries an epilepsy-causing variant in the SCN8A gene, inhibitory neurons (seen in red) are disrupted, and hippocampal brainwave activity patterns are altered. 

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Credit: Kevin Lozano, Ranmal Samarasinghe Lab

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