Paper · 8806

The structure of the ventral nerve cord of Caenorhabditis elegans.

White JG and 3 others. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 1976. Cited by 506 papers, by iCite.

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Title: The structure of the ventral nerve cord of Caenorhabditis elegans.; PubMed
Journal: Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci; PubMed
Year: 1976; PubMed
Publication types: Journal Article; PubMed
PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8806/; PubMed
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.1976.0086; PubMed
The journal: https://conductscience.org/library/journal-index/7503623; PubMed
Citations, by iCite: 506; iCite
Relative citation ratio, by iCite: 8.09; iCite
Revised in PubMed: 2024-03-06; PubMed

Authors4

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Order	Author	Forename
1	White JG	J G
2	Southgate E	E
3	Thomson JN	J N
4	Brenner S	S

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MeSH term	Major
Nematoda	Major topic
Animals
Interneurons
Locomotion
Microscopy, Electron
Motor Neurons
Muscles
Nervous System
Neural Pathways
Skin
Synapses

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Cited by241

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42,711,312	Intrinsic and non-cell-autonomous roles for the neurodevelopmental syndrome-linked transcription factor UNC-3/EBF.	Nat Commun	2026	https://conductscience.org/library/papers/42711312	PubMed
42,168,461	Optimization of connectome weights for a neural network model generating both forward and backward locomotion in C. elegans.	Sci Rep	2026	https://conductscience.org/library/papers/42168461	PubMed
42,121,894	Suppression of Tau Phosphorylation Induces Neurotoxicity, Causing Developmental Defects and Degeneration in C. elegans.	Cells	2026	https://conductscience.org/library/papers/42121894	PubMed
41,965,464	The intrinsically disordered protein SPE-56 is required for acrosomal-like exocytosis and fertility in Caenorhabditis elegans.	Sci Rep	2026	https://conductscience.org/library/papers/41965464	PubMed
41,937,426	Analysis of Nematode Ventral Nerve Cords Suggests Multiple Instances of Evolutionary Changes to Neuron Number.	Evol Dev	2026	https://conductscience.org/library/papers/41937426	PubMed
41,509,263	Intrinsic and non-cell autonomous roles for a neurodevelopmental syndrome-linked transcription factor.	bioRxiv	2025	https://conductscience.org/library/papers/41509263	PubMed
41,407,820	Hypergravity hinders proper dendritic patterning of a sensory neuron in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.	Sci Rep	2025	https://conductscience.org/library/papers/41407820	PubMed
41,171,895	WormSNAP: A software for fast, accurate, and unbiased detection of fluorescent puncta in C. elegans.	PLoS Comput Biol	2025	https://conductscience.org/library/papers/41171895	PubMed
41,086,862	FLP-15 modulates the amplitude of body-bends during locomotion in Caenorhabditis elegans.	Open Biol	2025	https://conductscience.org/library/papers/41086862	PubMed
40,964,322	Axon termination of the SAB motor neurons in C. elegans depends on pre- and postsynaptic activity.	bioRxiv	2025	https://conductscience.org/library/papers/40964322	PubMed

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