On the independent origins of complex brains and neurons

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 177-190

  Moroz, Leonid L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal Metazoa; Cell lineages; Ctenophora; Evolution of nervous systems; Evolution of neurons; Genomes; Hemichodata; Mollusca; Neurotransmitters

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BRAIN; EVOLUTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLLUSCA; NEURONS;

ANIMALIA; CTENOPHORA (COELENTERATES); METAZOA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 73649128303     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000258665     Document Type: Review

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