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Human brain is two separate organs, research finds

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For centuries, scientists have thought of the brain as a single, unified organ. But new research led by Stanford Medicine reveals that what we call the brain is two distinct organs that evolved independently over hundreds of millions of years.

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The consequence may be important for studying diseases such as spinal muscle atrophy and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Both affect motor neurons.

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For centuries, scientists have thought of the brain as a single, homogeneous organ. But new research is changing that. Scientists at Stanford University School of Medicine have revealed that the brain is made up of two distinct organs that evolved independently over hundreds of millions of years. The two separate parts The discovery overturns the dominant model of brain development, which held that all brain regions had a common developmental…

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The brain has always been considered a single organ, but now a research conducted by the University of Stanford and published in the journal Nature Neuroscience overturns this conviction: it is, in reality, two distinct organs, which have evolved into ... (ANSA)

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Courthouse News Service broke the news in Pasadena, United States on Friday, September 18, 2026.
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