Strange sea creatures called ctenophores have a fused nerve net where scientists expected to see synapses. Did they evolve their nervous system separately from other animals? When you purchase through ...

In a comb jelly’s nervous system, certain neurons are fused directly to each other, rather than connecting through synapses — a finding that challenges theories about how the nervous system evolved.

A team of experimental neurobiologists and theoretical biologists has managed to solve a mystery that has been baffling scientists for decades. They have been able to determine the nature of the ...