Since no neurologist has, so
far as I know, been able to derive even the
simplest of sensations from the electrochemical processes of the
nervous system, I must, in some way, posit that the physical is also the psychical.
Since the
simple design of Hydra has great basic and translational relevance and promises to reveal new and unexpected basic features of
nervous systems,
further research into the interaction between body and bacteria will therefore concentrate more on the neuronal aspects,» said Bosch, to summarise the significance of the work.