New research has revealed that the nervous system circuitry that controls arm movement in octopuses is segmented, giving these extraordinary creatures precise control across all eight arms and ...
A study from the University of Chicago has revealed a critical mechanism in the octopus's nervous system that allows for ...
One of the most striking things about these creatures, however, is the fact that each of their eight arms almost seems to ...
Scientists discovered that choanoflagellates coordinate their movements through electrical signaling via voltage-gated ...
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 ...
Johnson & Johnson will spend more than $14 billion to move deeper into treating central nervous system disorders by ...
Cambrian fossils from the Kuanchuanpu Formation reveal details of early nervous system evolution in ecdysozoans ...
The enduring scientific interest in the brain is highlighted by the donation of Charles Babbage’s brain in 1871. Babbage’s ...
Learn about the wide-ranging Ecdysozoa group of animals and how scientists solved the curious case of their nervous systems' structure.
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 ...
A study analyzing Cambrian fossils uncovered that the ancestral ecdysozoan likely had a single ventral nerve cord, ...
An international team of scientists has uncovered a fascinating piece of the evolutionary puzzle: how the ventral nerve cord, ...