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More model informationA 3D model of the nervous system of the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans. Because this worm has only 302 neurons, it is the first (and so far, only) animal for which it has been possible to compile a complete, detailed connectome.
Read the associated article: New Brain Maps Can Predict Behaviors
Art direction by Olena Shmahalo for Quanta Magazine; source: Virtual Worm Project
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