Observed arrival · 2026-10-29
Wormbrain: a connectome you can poke
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An in-browser C. elegans neural model lets visitors trigger touch, food, and light inputs and watch simulated neurons and body movement respond.
- For
- Readers curious about connectomes and neural circuits
- Worth noticing
- Its wiring draws on Cook et al. (2019), but many synapse signs are assumptions; the page labels the simulation a toy model.
Field notes
The page groups 302 neurons into sensory, interneuron, motor, pharynx, and other categories, alongside 95 body-wall muscles. Visitors can trigger nose or tail touch, food, and light; neuron activity and an animated body respond, with a downloadable wiring dataset. The model uses connectome data but assigns many synaptic signs by stated conventions, so its behavior is a simplified simulation rather than a full biophysical account.
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