First Complete Nervous System Wiring Map of an Animal: Why You Should Care about the Worm Connectome

Albert Einstein College of Medicine neuroscientist and geneticist Scott Emmons, Ph.D. and colleagues published the first complete wiring map of an animal’s nervous system today in the journal Nature. Dr. Emmons explains for a lay audience why this groundbreaking research of the microscopic worm C. elegans is a relevant and important step to understanding the human brain, mental disorders, and consciousness. Dr. Emmons is a professor of genetics and of neuroscience and is the Siegfried Ullman Chair in Molecu