The evolution of nervous systems dates back to the first development of nervous systems in animals (or metazoans). Neurons developed as specialized electrical...

The central nervous system (CNS) is the part of the nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord, the retina and optic nerve, and the olfactory...

nervous system, a semi-independent part of the nervous system whose function is to control the gastrointestinal system. Evolution of nervous systems Evolution...

autonomic, nervous systems. The autonomic nervous system is further subdivided into the sympathetic, parasympathetic and enteric nervous systems. The sympathetic...

apoptosis [programmed cell death] of the cells of the larval gills, tail and fins) also stimulate the evolution of nervous systems transforming the aquatic, vegetarian...

sympathetic nervous system (SNS) is one of the three divisions of the autonomic nervous system, the others being the parasympathetic nervous system and the...

scientific study of the evolution of nervous systems. Evolutionary neuroscientists investigate the evolution and natural history of nervous system structure...

H. H. (2011). "Evolution of sodium channels predates the origin of nervous systems in animals". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108 (22):...

an understanding of brain evolution. This, however, leads to a dilemma as the emergence of organisms with more complex nervous systems with protective...

of natural selection. From the evolutionary perspective, evolution resulted in variations of the human mind. Natural selection refined these variations...