Neurodevelopmental processes such as proliferation, migration, and neurite outgrowth are often perturbed in neuropsychiatric diseases. Thus, we present protocols to rapidly and reproducibly assess these neurodevelopmental processes in human iPSC-derived NPCs. These protocols also allow the assessment of the effects of relevant growth factors and therapeutics on NPC development.
Williams, M., Prem, S., Zhou, X., Matteson, P., Yeung, P. L., Lu, C., Pang, Z., Brzustowicz, L., Millonig, J. H., Dicicco-Bloom, E. Rapid Detection of Neurodevelopmental Phenotypes in Human Neural Precursor Cells (NPCs). J. Vis. Exp. (133), e56628, doi:10.3791/56628 (2018).