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Dawn of the Neuron: The Early Struggles to Trace the Origin of Nervous Systems
ISBN: 9780773597327
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / McGill-Queen''s University Press
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter
Subjects: Nervous system; Neurophysiology -- History; Neuroanatomy -- History; Neurons -- History;

How Darwin's theory of evolution drove generations of zoologists to search for the first evolved nervous systems in simple organisms.

Michel Anctil is honorary professor of biology at Université de Montréal and author of Dawn of the Neuron: The Early Struggles to Trace the Origin of Nervous Systems and Luminous Creatures: The History and Science of Light Production in Living Organisms.Michel Anctil is honorary professor of biology at Université de Montréal.