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Despite the relative simplicity of C. elegans, its locomotion machinery isnot yet well understood. We focus on the generation of dorsoventral body bends.While central pattern generators are commonly involved in animal locomotion,their presence in C. elegans has been questioned due to a lack of an evidentneural circuit to support it. We developed a computational model grounded inthe available neuroanatomy and neurophysiology and we used an evolutionaryalgorithm to explore the space of possible configurations of the circuit thatmatched the neural traces observed during forward and backward locomotion inthe worm. Our results demonstrate that it is possible for the rhythmiccontraction to be produced by a circuit present in the ventral nerve cord.

Potential role of a ventral nerve cord central pattern generator in forward and backward locomotion in Caenorhabditis elegans