The study also emphasizes the role of convergent evolution in shaping nervous system designs. Although the paired VNCs in ...

The development of the nervous system is the ongoing biological process through which nervous tissue is generated and shaped in an embryo and in postnatal and adult organisms. Understanding the ...

The hypothalamus is a small but critical region at the base of the brain that controls the autonomic nervous system, ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have developed a method that shows how the nervous system and sensory organs are formed in an embryo. By labeling stem cells with a genetic 'barcode', they ...

The identification of peripheral neural stem cells could transform the treatment of Parkinson's disease and spinal cord ...

How does Eph-ephrin signaling influence cell organization during development ... crossing of neurons from one side of the central nervous system (CNS) to the other. Evidence of this anatomical ...