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The neurons in the octopus's arms are concentrated along an axial nerve cord that undulates down the length of each arm, with ...

Pioneering research reveals the origins of the ventral nerve cord in early molting animals. An international team of ...

This paper to be published in Science reveals a surprising new role for immune cells in regulating blood sugar. Key Findings: ...

Scientists discovered that choanoflagellates coordinate their movements through electrical signaling via voltage-gated ...

You can’t start a company without a healthy dose of daring, and that’s certainly the case with NeuroBionics. The MIT-spinout ...

Researchers have described the neurodegeneration that occurs in the nervous system of the bowel in Batten disease, a rare and fatal genetic condition. In their latest study, a team showed that gene ...

Johnson & Johnson will spend more than $14 billion to delve further into the treatment of central nervous system disorders by ...

An international team of scientists has uncovered a fascinating piece of the evolutionary puzzle: how the ventral nerve cord, a key component of the central nervous system, evolved in ecdysozoan ...