AUTHOR=Friedman Robert 

TITLE=Neuronal Morphology and Synapse Count in the Nematode Worm

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience

VOLUME=13

YEAR=2019

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/computational-neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fncom.2019.00074

DOI=10.3389/fncom.2019.00074

ISSN=1662-5188

ABSTRACT=<p>The somatic nervous system of the nematode worm <italic>Caenorhabditis elegans</italic> is a model for understanding the physical characteristics of the neurons and their interconnections. Its neurons show high variation in morphological attributes. This study investigates the relationship of neuronal morphology to the number of synapses per neuron. Morphology is also examined for any detectable association with neuron cell type or ganglion membership.</p>