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Title:: Advances in research of properties of the neural system in Caenorhabditis elegans based on complex network

Author(s):: LU Yan; GONG Xiaoliang; XIE Fei; QIAN Hui; PANG Lu; WU Tongqi; School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China

Keywords:: Caenorhabditis elegans biological neural network complex network connectome information theory

Abstract:: Abstract: Caenorhabditis elegans (C.elegans) with simple structures, easiness of being experimented with and a similar formation to human neural system plays an important role in researches on complex neural functions and nervous system associated diseases, and thus becomes the first biological specie which has a completed and comprehensive map of neural connections. The study focuses on the recent researches of C.elegans neural network based on complex network, and summarizes its research advances. After introducing C.elegans research background, the properties of the neural system in C.elegans are overviewed and analyzed from the aspects of static, time-varying and dynamic properties, and then the practical applications of the obtained research results are reviewed. Finally, several potential problems existing in the study of the nervous system in C.elegans are discussed, thereby providing some ideas for the further research.