Neuroscience

Sathish Selvam, Roberta S. Dos Reis, Marc C. E. Wagner, et al. Vascularized human brain organoids as a model of the brain–peripheral axis in HIV-1 neuropathogenesis. Scientific Reports. 2026. doi:10.1038/s41598-025-33940-5

Nisim Perets, Liya Kerem, Nir Waiskopf, et al. Patient-derived brain organoids reveal divergent neuronal activity across subpopulations of autism spectrum disorder. Translational Psychiatry. 2026. doi:10.1038/s41398-026-03890-1

Davide Ortolan, Pushkar Sathe, Andrei Volkov, et al. AI driven 3D subcellular RPE map discovers cell state transitions in establishment of apical-basal polarity. npj Artificial Intelligence. 2026;2(1):20. doi:10.1038/s44387-026-00074-6

Navya Mishra, Rajaram Kaveti, Pei Liu, et al. Carbon nanotube microelectrode arrays enable scalable and accessible electrophysiological recordings of cerebral organoids. npj Biosensing. 2026;3(1):20. doi:10.1038/s44328-026-00088-9

Alexander G. Bury, Alicja Olejnik, Chiara Tocco, et al. Investigating the ageing-Parkinson’s disease nexus: standardisation of in vitro models and techniques by the PD-AGE network. npj Parkinson’s Disease. 2025;11(1):289. doi:10.1038/s41531-025-01137-2

Xiangling Meng, Noah Reis, Michael C. Bassik, Sergiu P. Pașca. CRISPR screens in human neural organoids and assembloids. Nature Protocols. 2025:1-21. doi:10.1038/s41596-025-01299-6

Isabel Turpin-Moreno, Adriana Modrego, Andrea Martí-Sarrias, et al. Variability vs. phenotype: Multimodal analysis of Dravet syndrome brain organoids powered by deep learning. iScience. 2025;28(11). doi:10.1016/j.isci.2025.113831

Camila Servin-Barthet, Magdalena Martínez-García, María Paternina-Die, et al. Pregnancy entails a U-shaped trajectory in human brain structure linked to hormones and maternal attachment. Nature Communications. 2025;16(1):730. doi:10.1038/s41467-025-55830-0

Aparna Bhaduri. Chimeric brain organoids capture human genetic diversity. Nature. 2024;631(8019):32-33. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01648-7.

Editorial. Animal research is not always king: researchers should explore the alternatives. Nature. 2024;631(8021):481-481. doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02314-8