Publication Type: | Miscellaneous |
Year of Publication: | 2015 |
Authors: | T. Inoue, Hoshino, H., Yamashita, T., Shimoyama, S., Agata, K. |
ISBN Number: | 2056-306X |
Abstract: | Planarians belong to an evolutionarily early group of organisms that possess a central nervous system including a well-organized brain with a simple architecture but many types of neurons. Planarians display a number of behaviors, such as phototaxis and thermotaxis, in response to external stimuli, and it has been shown that various molecules and neural pathways in the brain are involved in controlling these behaviors. However, due to the lack of combinatorial assay methods, it remains obscure whether planarians possess higher brain functions, including integration in the brain, in which multiple signals coming from outside are coordinated and used in determining behavioral strategies. |
URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40851-014-0010-z |