A Neural Network Model of Caenorhabditis Elegans: The Circuit of Touch Sensitivity |
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| Authors: | Cangelosi Angelo Parisi Domenico |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Neural Systems and Artificial Life, Institute of Psychology, CNR, 15, viale Marx, 00137 Rome, Italy;(2) Center for Neural and Adaptive Systems, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA |
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| Abstract: | The paper presents a neural network model of the touch sensitivity circuit of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. We describe a serie of simulations in which neural networks are trained, using a genetic algorithm, to reproduce the habituation of the nematode's touch sensitive behavior. A lesion study of the network allows to make a direct comparison between the fine functioning of the model and the data collected in real organisms. The model accords well with the known neurobiological data and it suggests some hypotheses about the functioning of the neural circuit and of single neurons. |
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| Keywords: | computational neuroscience C elegans genetic algorithm lesion study |
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