MIT researchers find new actions of neurochemicals
Thursday, July 2, 2009 - 13:42
in Biology & Nature
Although the tiny roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans has only 302 neurons in its entire nervous system, studies of this simple animal have significantly advanced our understanding of human brain function because it shares many genes and neurochemical signaling molecules with humans. Now MIT researchers have found novel C.
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