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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 18.
Published in final edited form as: Nature. 2017 Oct 18;550(7677):519–523. doi: 10.1038/nature24056

Table 1. Neuronal predictions.

The twelve neuron classes predicted by control theoretic tools to be effective in locomotion and the known experimental results for ablation in adult C. elegans 1013. Highlighted in red is PDB, not previously associated with locomotion.

CONTROL PREDICTED NEURON CLASSES EXPERIMENTAL FACTS
CONTROL
MUSCLES
DA, DB loss of backward/forward locomotion
DD uncoordinated motion
AVA uncoordinated motion
VA, VB, VD, AS likely loss of locomotion
PDB verified by new experiments
CONTROL
MOTOR
NEURONS
AVA, AVB uncoordinated motion
AVD loss of reversal response
PVC loss of reversal response