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The transition from being sea creatures to living on land, even if it happened over 300 million years ago, seems to have left its traces on the way we keep our balance today.

鈥淚t鈥檚 a discovery that is likely to be controversial,鈥 says Kathy Cullen, the senior researcher on a paper on the subject that was published recently in . She has been working on this problem for over a decade with her colleague Maurice Chacron who also teaches in McGill鈥檚 Department of Physiology.

Classified as: evolution, Faculty of Science, balance, neurons, Kathleen Cullen, Department of Physiology, maurice chacron
Published on: 11 Nov 2016

It happens to all of us at least once each winter in Montreal. You鈥檙e walking on the sidewalk and before you know it you are slipping on a patch of ice hidden under a dusting of snow. Sometimes you fall. Surprisingly often, you manage to recover your balance and walk away unscathed. 香蕉视频 researchers now understand what鈥檚 going on in the brain when you manage to recover your balance in these situations. And it is not just a matter of good luck.

Classified as: physiology, balance
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Published on: 29 Jul 2013
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