Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
Volume 35, Issue 1 , Pages 75-86 , September 2005

A model of motor control of the nematode C. elegans with neuronal circuits

  • Michiyo Suzuki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Artificial Complex Systems Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-4-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 82 424 7676; fax: +81 82 424 2387.
    • ,
  • Toshio Tsuji

      Affiliations

    • Department of Artificial Complex Systems Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-4-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan
    • ,
  • Hisao Ohtake

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biotechnology, Osaka University, Suita, Japan

Received 31 October 2004 ,Revised 11 January 2005 ,Accepted 12 January 2005.

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PII: S0933-3657(05)00057-6

doi: 10.1016/j.artmed.2005.01.008

Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
Volume 35, Issue 1 , Pages 75-86 , September 2005

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