Day 292 of #LMB365 from Laura Pellegrini in Madeline Lancaster’s group shows a section of a cerebral organoid including a ventricular lobe, resembling the structure of the developing human cortex. It also shows an epithelial tissue named the choroid plexus (green), which secretes the cerebrospinal fluid important for brain expansion and maintenance.
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