Tuesday, September 04, 2007

From frogs to humans, brains form the same way

Source: Rockefeller University
Date: September 4, 2007

Summary:

It’s a critical juncture in an embryo’s development: the moment that a brain and nervous system begin to form from a mass of unspecialized cells. Scientists had believed that mammals and amphibians, distinctly different animals, have distinctly different developmental patterns when it comes to the nervous system. But new research suggests that their processes of neural development are actually quite similar.