An overlooked organ finally gets the anatomical attention it has long been denied.
Once described by a 16th-century anatomist as the "shameful member," the clitoris has historically been ignored in research ...
A new study shows cellular-level changes in nerve structure and function that may contribute to the development of migraine headaches, reports a new study. The findings help to explain why a plastic ...
Biologists have discovered a unique nerve structure in the mouth and tongue of rorqual whales that can double in length and then recoil like a bungee cord. The stretchy nerves explain how the massive ...
When rorqual whales eat, they open their mouths and lunge. Their tongues invert as their mouths take in a huge volume of water and prey. In the process, nerves running through the ventral groove ...
In a study funded by the US Army Research Office, a team of “brain hackers” created a simulated synapse, the name for a junction between two neurons (nerve cells). Synapses are structures that ...
Spiders can be an uncomfortable presence for many people, but thanks to a new development, their silk is set to enhance nerve repair to a level not previously achievable. Newrotex, a medical device ...
Most people think of Alzheimer’s disease as an illness of aging. But in fact, the brain changes that characterize it begin ...
Fin whales use two neatly packed levels of nested folds to protect the nerves along the floor of their mouth during lunge feeding, according to new research from University of British Columbia ...
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