Tools for connectomics in C.elegans

Nicholas Barry at the MIT Media Lab used vivoPHIX™ for preparing nematodes for fluorescence studies in work titled “Tools for connectomics in C.elegans

The simplicity of the 302-node nervous system of the nematode C.elegans, makes this an attractive model organism for neuroscientists, however more work is required to fully understand and characterise the function of each of these neurons. 

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