Functional characterization of human pluripotent stem cell-derived cortical networks differentiated on laminin-521 substrate: comparison to rat cortical cultures

In this article, differentiation of functionally active hPSC-derived cortical networks on defined laminin-521 substrate is reported. They assessed compared the activity development of hPSC-derived networks to that of widely used rat embryonic cortical cultures using microelectrode array (MEA) measurements. The authors conclude that hPSC-derived neural cultures produced with a defined protocol generate cortical type network activity, and they could be applied as a human-specific model for pharmacological studies and modeling network dysfunctions.