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\nRecorded\n04 September 2012\nin Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland\n<\/p>\n
\nEvent:<\/b>\nITW2012<\/a>\n- Information Theory Workshop 2012\n<\/p>\n The nematode C.elegans was selected as a model organism around fifty years back because of its small nervous system with just 302 neurons. There has been a lot of progress during these 50 years: the structure of the entire nervous system has been mapped through electron microscopy, behavioral defects of animals with specific mutations or with specific neurons ablated has been analyzed and electrophysiological measurements in dissected animals has been performed. Yet we do not know how electrical activity in the small nervous system collects, synthesizes and processes sensory information from the environment to drive different motor behaviors. In this talk, we will survey the literature and present our new results on optically manipulating electrical activity in freely moving animals to drive complex food search behaviors. We will discuss the implications of these results on how these animals perform chemotaxis, and how we might eventually be able to remote control all the behaviors of this animal.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n Watched 864 times.<\/p>\n<\/i> Watch<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n');
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