Booting up the organism during development: Pre-behavioral functions of the vertebrate brain in guiding body morphogenesis

A recent study in Xenopus laevis embryos showed that the very early brain has important functions long before behavior. While the nascent brain is being constructed, it is required for normal patterning of the muscle and peripheral nerve networks, including those far away from the head. In addition...

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Main Authors: Celia Herrera-Rincon, Michael Levin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2018-01-01
Series:Communicative & Integrative Biology
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19420889.2018.1433440