A neurologist hears of a new drug for patients with neurolog

A neurologist hears of a new drug for patients with neurological diseases such as Alzheimer’s. To begin studying this drug, which model organism would the neurologist use and why? A. C. elegan, because they are transparent their first two weeks of life B. Danio rerio, because their genome is known C. C. elegan, because their neurons are completely mapped D. Danio rerio, because they are a minimal model eukaryote

Solution

The neurologist use need to use C. elegan, to begin studying the new drug, as model organism. C. elegan is one of the simplest organisms with nervous system and whose neurons are completely mapped. The neural and molecular mechanisms of the organism, for several behaviors like learning, memory, mechanotransduction, mating etc.,

As Alzheimer’s is a neurological diseases related to loss of memory and choose of C. elegan whose neurons are completely mapped helps in idenitfying the mechanism and influence of drug activity on the organisms nervous system. This helps for analyzing the drug activity on the neural mechanisms of memory in Alzheimer’s disease condition.

So, option C is correct answer.