In this project I wrote a program to construct a graph from a source file, and then look for cycles (connection loops) around a specified vertex (very difficult to find just by looking at the raw data).
In my case, the source data was the neural network of a roundworm. By analyzing the connections between neurons and looking for connection loops, I hoped to learn something interesting about the structure of the worm’s brain. I didn’t know if connection loops were even allowed in the cells of a brain. It turns out, they were quite common.
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