C_elegans_Simulink

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An integrated neuromechanical model for the nematode, C. elegans, which is modeled by Jordan H. Boyle (Boyle et al., 2012)¹.

Overview

An integrated neuromechanical model for the nematode, C. elegans, which is modeled by Jordan H. Boyle (Boyle et al., 2012). This nematode model is ported in MATLAB Simulink, which is verified in MATLAB R2018a, from the implicit solver (SUNDIALS IDA 2.3.0) with C++ of the original paper ¹.

Block diagram

Usage

[Step 1] Open "GUI.fig"

[Step 2] Push "parameter" button

[Step 3] Select the fluid model

in Water

C_par = 5.2e-6; %% 横方向抗力 [kg/s]
C_per = 3.3e-6; %% 推進方向抗力 [kg/s]

on Agar

C_par = 128e-3; %% 横方向抗力 [kg/s]
C_per = 3.2e-3; %% 推進方向抗力 [kg/s]

[Step 3] Execute the "exe.m" to start numerical analysis

[Step 4] Push "plot" button to see results

Image

in Water

on Agar

Demonstration movie

Reference

Footnotes

1. Boyle et al., Gait modulation in C. elegans: an integrated neuromechanical model, Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience, Vol. 6, 2012. DOI: 10.3389/fncom.2012.00010. ↩ ↩²