Abstract

Doc number: 54

Abstract: The vertebrate nervous system is deeply divided into 'somatic' and 'visceral' subsystems that respond to external and internal stimuli, respectively. Molecular characterization of neurons in different groups of mollusks by Nomaksteinsky and colleagues, published in this issue of BMC Biology , reveals that the viscero-somatic duality is evolutionarily ancient, predating Bilateria.

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Details

Title
Somatic and visceral nervous systems - an ancient duality
Author
Bertucci, Paola; Arendt, Detlev
Pages
54
Publication year
2013
Publication date
2013
Publisher
BioMed Central
e-ISSN
17417007
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
1347357401
Copyright
© 2013 Bertucci and Arendt; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.