nematode – Knowing Neurons

Myth or Fact? The nematode is the only organism with a complete neuronal map.

May 2, 2016May 3, 2016 knowingneurons 52 Brain Facts, Brain, C. elegans, Caenorhabditis elegans, connectivity, connectome, Diagram, Map, nematode, Neuron, Synapse, worm

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Imaging the Brain with Sculpted Light

October 16, 2013March 5, 2017 Kate Fehlhaber 2013, 3D, Brain mapping, Brain-wide 3D imaging of neuronal activity in Caenorhabditis elegans with sculpted light, C. elegans, Ganglia, GCaMP5, High speed, Human Connectome Project, Imaging, Nature Methods, nematode, Optogenetics

Perhaps the biggest goal in neuroscience is to understand how individual neurons interact with each other in both space and time. The more detailed our understanding of complex neural networks… Read more