Literature Homepage

Literature on Connectomics in C. elegans

• The Structure of the Ventral Nerve Cord of Caenorhabditis elegans
  White J.G., Southgate, E., Thomson, J.N. and Brenner, S. 1976 Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. Series B. Biol. Sci. 275B: 327-48. doi: 10.1098/rstb.1976.0086

• Connectivity Changes in a Class of Motoneurone During the Development of a Nematode
  White, J.G., Albertson, D.G. and Anness, M.A. 1978 Nature 271: 764-66 doi: 10.1038/271764a0

• Factors that Determine Connectivity in the Nervous System of C. elegans
  White, J.G., Southgate, E., Thomson, J.N. and Brenner, S. 1983 Cold Spring Harbor Symp. Quant. Biol. 48: 633-40. doi: 10.1101/sqb.1983.048.01.067

• The Neural Circuit for Touch Sensitivity in Caenorhabditis elegans
  Chalfie, M., Sulston, J.E., White, J.G., Southgate, E., Thomson, J.N. and Brenner, S. 1985 J. Neurosci. 5: 956-64. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.05-04-00956.1985

• The Structure of the Nervous System of the Nematode C. elegans (The Mind of the Worm)
  White, J.G., Southgate, E., Thomson, J.N. and Brenner, S. 1986 Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. Series B. Biol. Sci. 314: 1-340. doi: 10.1098/rstb.1986.0056

• Studies on the Development and Organisation of the Nervous System of C. elegans: Part I - The Outgrowth of Nerve Processes in the Embryo
  Durbin, R.M. 1987 (Thesis)

• Studies on the Development and Organisation of the Nervous System of C. elegans: Part II - The Organisation of Nerve Processes of the Adult Nerve Ring
  Durbin, R.M. 1987 (Thesis)

• The Posterior Nervous System of the Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans: Serial Reconstruction of Identified Neurons and Complete Pattern of Synaptic Interactions
  Hall, D.H. and Russell, G.J. 1991 J. Neurosci. 11: 1-22. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.11-01-00001.1991

• Wiring Optimization Can Relate Neuronal Structure and Function
  Chen, B.L., Hall, D.H. and Chklovskii, D.B. 2006 Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 103: 4723-4728. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0506806103

• Neuronal Network of C. elegans: from Anatomy to Behavior
  Chen, B. 2007 (Doctoral Dissertation Thesis)
  

• The Connectome of a Decision-making Neural Network
  Jarrell, T.A., Wang, Y., Bloniarz, A.E., Brittin, C.A., Xu, M., Thomson, J.N., Albertson, D.G., Hall, D.H. and Emmons, S.W. 2012 Science 337: 437-44. doi: 10.1126/science.1221762

• The Beginning of Connectomics: a Commentary on White et al. (1986) 'The Structure of the Nervous System of the Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans'
  Emmons, S.W. 2015 Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B Biol. Sci. 370: 20140309. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2014.0309

• Whole-animal Connectomes of Both Caenorhabditis elegans Sexes
  Cook, S.J., Jarrell, T.A., Brittin, C.A., Wang, Y., Bloniarz, A.E., Yakovlev, M.A., Nguyen, K.C.Q., Tang, L.T., Bayer, E.A., Duerr, J.S., Bulow, H.E., Hobert, O., Hall, D.H. and Emmons, S.W. 2019 Nature 571: 63-71. doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1352-7

• The Connectome of the Caenorhabditis elegans Pharynx
  Cook, S.J., Crouse, C.M., Yemini, E., Hall, D.H., Emmons, S.W. and Hobert, O. 2020 J. Comp. Neurol. 528: 2767-84. doi: 10.1002/cne.24932
  

• Structural and Developmental Principles of Neuropil Assembly in C. elegans
  Moyle, M.W., Barnes, K.M., Kuchroo, M., Gonopolskiy, A., Duncan, L.H., Sengupta, T., Shao, L., Guo, M., Santella, A., Christensen, R., Kumar, A., Wu, Y., Moon, K.R., Wolf, G., Krishnaswamy, S., Bao, Z., Shroff, H., Mohler, W.A. and Colón-Ramos, D.A. 2021 Nature 591: 99-104. doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-03169-5

• A Multi-scale Brain Map Derived from Whole-brain Volumetric Reconstructions
  Brittin, C.A., Cook, S.J., Hall, D.H., Emmons, S.W. and Cohen N. 2021 Nature 591: 105-110. doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-03284-x
  

• Connectomes Across Development Reveal Principles of Brain Maturation
  Witvliet, D., Mulcahy, B., Mitchell, J.K., Meirovitch, Y., Berger, D.R., Wu, Y., Liu, Y., Koh, W.X., Parvathala, R., Holmyard, D., Schalek, R.L., Shavit, N., Chisholm, A.D., Lichtman, J.W., Samuel, A.D.T. and Zhen, M. 2021 Nature 596: 257-61. doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-03778-8
  
  
• Comparative Connectomics of Dauer Reveals Developmental Plasticity
  Yim, H., Choe, D.T., Bae, J.A., Choi, M.K., Kang, H.M., Nguyen, K.C.Q., Ahn, S., Bahn, S.K., Yang, H., Hall, D.H., Kim, J.S. and Lee, J. 2024 Nature Commun. 15: 1546. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-45943-3
  
  
• Function of C. elegans Neurons from Synaptic Connectivity
  Emmons, S.W. 2024 BioRxiv doi: 10.1101/2024.03.08.584145