5 papers
Synthetic ablations in the C. elegans nervous system
Emma K. Towlson, Albert-László Barabási
Synthetic lethality, the finding that the simultaneous knockout of two or more individually non-essential genes leads to cell or organism death, has offered a systematic framework…
Brain networks reveal the effects of antipsychotic drugs on schizophrenia patients and controls
Emma K. Towlson, Petra E. Vértes, Ulrich Müller +1
The study of brain networks, including derived from functional neuroimaging data, attracts broad interest and represents a rapidly growing interdisciplinary field. Comparing networ…
Effect of antipsychotics on community structure in functional brain networks
Ryan Flanagan, Lucas Lacasa, Emma K. Towlson +2
Schizophrenia, a mental disorder that is characterized by abnormal social behavior and failure to distinguish one's own thoughts and ideas from reality, has been associated with st…
NiCE Teacher Workshop: Engaging K-12 Teachers in the Development of Curricular Materials That Utilize Complex Networks Concepts
Emma K. Towlson, Lori Sheetz, Ralucca Gera +4
Our educational systems must prepare students for an increasingly interconnected future, and teachers require equipping with modern tools, such as network science, to achieve this.…
Caenorhabditis elegans and the network control framework - FAQs
Emma K. Towlson, Petra E. Vertes, Gang Yan +4
Control is essential to the functioning of any neural system. Indeed, under healthy conditions the brain must be able to continuously maintain a tight functional control between th…