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Information on published connectomics data related to C. elegans. This is being developed as part of the OpenWorm project.

Please note: this is a Work in Progress! Please contact padraig -at- openworm.org if you are interested in contributing to this work!

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t1["<b>Anatomical - Chemical/electrical</b>"]
t2["<b>Extrasynaptic</b>"]
t4["<b>Gene/protein expression</b>"]
t3["<b>Functional</b>"]

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    A1("<b><a href='http://openworm.org/ConnectomeToolbox/Albertson_1976/'>Albertson and Thomson 1976</a></b>")
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    A("<b><a href='http://openworm.org/ConnectomeToolbox/White_1986/' >White et al. 1986</a></b>")
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    B("<b><a href='http://openworm.org/ConnectomeToolbox/Durbin_1987/' >Durbin 1987</a></b>")
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    A2("<b><a href='http://openworm.org/ConnectomeToolbox/Hall_1991/'>Hall & Russell 1991</a></b>") space space space
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    C("<b><a href='http://openworm.org/ConnectomeToolbox/Altun_2009/'>Altun et al. 2009</a></b>")
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    D("<b><a href='http://openworm.org/ConnectomeToolbox/Varshney_2011/'>Varshney et al.2011</a></b>") 
    G("<b><a href='http://openworm.org/ConnectomeToolbox/Cook_2019/'>Cook et al. 2019</a></b>") 
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    E1("<b><a href='http://openworm.org/ConnectomeToolbox/Serrano_2013/'>Serrano-Saiz et al. 2013</a></b>") 
    E("<b><a href='http://openworm.org/ConnectomeToolbox/Pereira_2015/'>Pereira et al. 2015</a></b>")
    E2("<b><a href='http://openworm.org/ConnectomeToolbox/Gendrel_2016/'>Gendrel, Hobert & Atlas 2016</a></b>")
    F("<b><a href='http://openworm.org/ConnectomeToolbox/Bentley_2016/'>Bentley et al. 2016</a></b>")
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    I("<b><a href='http://openworm.org/ConnectomeToolbox/Cook_2020/'>Cook et al. 2020</a></b>")
    J("<b><a href='http://openworm.org/ConnectomeToolbox/Brittin_2021'>Brittin et al. 2021</a></b>")
    K("<b><a href='http://openworm.org/ConnectomeToolbox/Witvliet_2021'>Witvliet et al. 2021</a></b>")
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    NP("<b><a href='http://openworm.org/ConnectomeToolbox/Ripoll_2023'>Ripoll-Sanchez et al. 2023</a></b>")
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    L("<b><a href='http://openworm.org/ConnectomeToolbox/Taylor_2021'>Taylor et al. 2021</a></b>")
    M("<b><a href='http://openworm.org/ConnectomeToolbox/Yemini_2021'>Yemini et al. 2021</a></b>")
    N("<b><a href='http://openworm.org/ConnectomeToolbox/Beets_2023'>Beets et al. 2023</a></b>")
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    H("<b><a href='http://openworm.org/ConnectomeToolbox/Fenyves_2020/'>Fenyves et al.2020</a></b>") 
    P("<b><a href='http://openworm.org/ConnectomeToolbox/Randi_2023'>Randi et al. 2023</a></b>")
    R("<b><a href='http://openworm.org/ConnectomeToolbox/Dag_2023'>Dag et al. 2023</a></b>")
    T("<b><a href='http://openworm.org/ConnectomeToolbox/Atanas_2023'>Atanas et al. 2023</a></b>")
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    E --> F
    C --> L
    L --> M
    M --> N
    A --> B
    A1 --> A
    A1 --> I
    A  --> A2
    A --> D
    B --> D
    A2 --> D
    A --> G
    A --> I
    A --> J
    A --> F
    D --> F
    A --> NP
    A1 --> NP
    F --> NP
    L --> NP
    K --> NP
    D --> NP
    A --> P
    L --> P
    N --> P
    K --> P
    NP --> P
    F --> P
    M --> R
    T --> R
    A --> R
    K --> R

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Another view on the data

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    subgraph 1970-1980
    A1["<a href='http://openworm.org/ConnectomeToolbox/Albertson_1976/' >Albertson & Thomson 1976</a>"]:::anat
    end
    subgraph 1980-1990
    A["<a href='http://openworm.org/ConnectomeToolbox/White_1986/' >White et al. 1986</a>"]:::anat & B["<a href='http://openworm.org/ConnectomeToolbox/Durbin_1987/' >Durbin 1987</a>"]:::anat
    end

    subgraph 1990-2000
    A2["<a href='http://openworm.org/ConnectomeToolbox/Hall_1991/' >Hall & Russell 1991</a>"]:::anat
    end

    subgraph 2000-2010
    C["<a href='http://openworm.org/ConnectomeToolbox/Altun_2009/' >Altun et al. 2009</a>"]:::gene 
    end

    subgraph 2010-2020
    D["<a href='http://openworm.org/ConnectomeToolbox/Varshney_2011/' >Varshney et al.2011</a>"]:::anat & E["<a href='http://openworm.org/ConnectomeToolbox/Pereira_2015/' >Pereira et al. 2015</a>"]:::es & E1["<a href='http://openworm.org/ConnectomeToolbox/Serrano_2013/' >Serrano-Saiz et al. 2013</a>"]:::es  & E2["<a href='http://openworm.org/ConnectomeToolbox/Gendrel_2016/' >Gendrel, Hobert & Atlas 2016</a>"]:::es & F["<a href='http://openworm.org/ConnectomeToolbox/Bentley_2016/' >Bentley et al. 2016 </a>"]:::es & G["<a href='http://openworm.org/ConnectomeToolbox/Cook_2019/' >Cook et al. 2019</a>"]:::anat & H["<a href='http://openworm.org/ConnectomeToolbox/Fenyves_2020/' >Fenyves et al.2020</a>"]:::func & I["<a href='http://openworm.org/ConnectomeToolbox/Cook_2020/' >Cook et al. 2020</a>"]:::anat
    end

    subgraph 2020-2030
    J["<a href='http://openworm.org/ConnectomeToolbox/Brittin_2021' >Brittin et al. 2021</a>"]:::anat & K["<a href='http://openworm.org/ConnectomeToolbox/Witvliet_2021' >Witvliet et al. 2021</a>"]:::anat & L["<a href='http://openworm.org/ConnectomeToolbox/Taylor_2021' >Taylor et al. 2021</a>"]:::gene & M["<a href='http://openworm.org/ConnectomeToolbox/Yemini_2021' >Yemini et al. 2021</a>"]:::gene & N["<a href='http://openworm.org/ConnectomeToolbox/Beets_2023' >Beets et al. 2023</a>"]:::gene & P["<a href='http://openworm.org/ConnectomeToolbox/Randi_2023' >Randi et al. 2023</a>"]:::func & NP["<a href='http://openworm.org/ConnectomeToolbox/Ripoll_2023' >Ripoll-Sanchez et al. 2023</a>"]:::es & R["<a href='http://openworm.org/ConnectomeToolbox/Dag_2023' >Dag et al. 2023</a>"]:::func & T["<a href='http://openworm.org/ConnectomeToolbox/Atanas_2023' >Atanas et al. 2023</a>"]:::func
    end     


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    E1 --> H
    E2 --> H
    E --> F
    C --> L
    L --> M
    M --> N
    A --> B
    A1 --> A
    A1 --> I
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    A --> D
    B --> D
    A2 --> D
    A --> G
    A --> I
    A --> J
    A --> F
    D --> F
    A --> NP
    A1 --> NP
    F --> NP
    L --> NP
    K --> NP
    D --> NP
    A --> P
    L --> P
    N --> P
    K --> P
    NP --> P
    F --> P
    M --> R
    T --> R
    A --> R
    K --> R

Datasets

Papers Features Datasets
Albertson & Thomson 1976 Anatomical N/A
White et al. 1986 Anatomical White_A - White_L4 - White_whole
Durbin 1987 Anatomical Work in progress: Durbin.txt
Hall & Russell 1991 Anatomical N/A
Altun et al. 2009 Gene Expression Work in progress: data
Varshney et al. 2011 Anatomical Varshney_2011
Pereira et al. 2015 Extrasynaptic Work in progress: Cholinergic neurons - NT_Map_herm - WormWiring - male_cholinergic - transcriptional_regulators
Bentley et al. 2016 Extrasynaptic Work in progress: csv
Cook et al. 2019 Anatomical Cook 2019 Hermaphrodite
Fenyves et al. 2020 Functional Work in progress: data
Cook et al. 2020 Anatomical Cook 2020
Brittin et al. 2021 Anatomical Work in progress: data - parsed
Witvliet et al. 2021 Developmental Witvliet1 - Witvliet2
Taylor et al. 2021 Gene Expression Work in progress: data
Yemini et al. 2021 Gene Expression Work in progress: data
Beets et al. 2023 Gene Expression Work in progress: data
Dag et al. 2023 Functional N/A
Atanas et al. 2023 Functional Work in progress: data
Randi et al. 2023 Functional WormNeuroAtlas
Ripoll-Sanchez et al. 2023 Functional Work in progress: data??