Stowers Scientists discuss research on sea lamprey hindbrain (VIDEO)

Stowers Institute for Medical Research

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A team of scientists from the Stowers Institute discovered that the hindbrain—the part of the brain controlling vital functions like blood pressure and heart rate—of both sea lampreys and humans is built using an extraordinarily similar molecular and genetic toolkit.

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Stowers Institute for Medical Research

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