Sodium channels evolved before animals’ nervous systems

Tuesday, May 17, 2011 - 12:31 in Biology & Nature

An essential component of animal nervous systems—sodium channels—evolved prior to the evolution of those systems, researchers from The University of Texas at Austin have discovered. “The first nervous systems appeared [...]

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