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

Albert Einstein College ofMedicine neuroscientist and geneticist Scott Emmons, and colleaguespublished the first complete wiring map of an animals nervous system today inthe journal Nature. Dr. Emmonsexplains for a lay audience why thisgroundbreaking research of the microscopic worm C. elegans is a relevant andimportant step to understanding the human brain, mental disorders, andconsciousness. Dr. Emmons is a professor of genetics and of neuroscienceand is the Siegfried UllmanChair in Molecu