A new study from USC Stem Cell scientists reveals how certain animals, such as zebrafish and lizards, can regenerate their hearing by reactivating dormant gene regulators. The discovery provides ...

Sensory systems provide information from outside ... and specific brain regions are devoted to this activity in both invertebrates and vertebrates. The Nervous System and Behavior Simple animals ...

Model vertebrates are extensively studied non-human vertebrates (species with a notochord, or vertebral column) chosen for the ease of investigating particular biological phenomena in areas such ...

The study identifies four sensory neurons that act as photoreceptor cells driving this phototaxic behavior, and suggests a conservation of phototransduction between vertebrates and worms. "The ...

Biological sciences researchers from the U of A have led the publication of a paper that expands our understanding of sensory neurons ... are auditory cells in the vertebrate inner ear that ...

Most research effort is spent on modelling vertebrate brains. Yet ... and learning in the olfactory and optic pathways as well as multi-sensory integration across these sensory modalities. This ...