Researchers propose that placozoans, one of the simplest kinds of animals, may contain the blueprint for the neurons of more complex creatures.

But their mostly see-through bodies cloak a nervous system unlike that of any other known animal, researchers report in the April 21 Science.

The final of the Impala Floodlit was a triumph of beauty over beast as hosts Impala overcame a nervous start to defeat KCB 31 -14 to take the floodlit trophy. But the tournament exposed local ...

Strange sea creatures called ctenophores have a fused nerve net where scientists expected to see synapses. Did they evolve their nervous system separately from other animals?

A debate has been settled over the earliest animal ancestor—a free-swimming creature with a well-developed nervous system ...

Researchers describe the first complete wiring diagram of the nervous system of an animal, the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans, used by scientists worldwide as a model organism. The study ...

New animal family tree raises questions about the origin of nervous systems Sponges are more closely related to us than some animals with a nervous system.

In groundbreaking research, a team of international scientists has uncovered key insights into the early evolution of animal nervous systems. Scientists have discovered an interesting piece of the ...

These fossils include representatives of the early-evolving Scalidophora, a subgroup of Ecdysozoa, offering a rare glimpse into the nervous system architecture of ancient animals.

BRONX, N.Y., July 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- In a study published online today in Nature, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine describe the first complete wiring diagram of the nervous ...

In a study published online today in Nature, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine describe the first complete wiring diagram of the nervous system of an animal, the roundworm ...