The sympathetic nervous system arose in the earliest vertebrates

• 成果类型: Editorial Material
• 署名作者: Ernsberger, Uwe; Rohrer, Hermann
• 署名单位: Goethe University Frankfurt
• 刊物名称: Nature
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0028-6176
• DOI: 10.1038/d41586-024-01017-4
• 发表日期: 2024-05-02
• 页码: 46-48
• 关键词: noradrenergic differentiation

摘要

The sympathetic nervous system, which enables the fight-or-flight response, was thought to be present only in jawed vertebrates. Analysis of a jawless vertebrate suggests that this system might be a feature of all animals with a spine.