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Tau accumulations in the brains of woodpeckers

Woodpeckers experience forces up to 1200–1400 g while pecking. It is assumed due to evolutionary adaptations, the woodpecker is immune to brain injury. This assumption has led to the use of the woodpecker as a model in the development of sports safety equipment such as football helmets. However, it...

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Autores principales: Farah, George, Siwek, Donald, Cummings, Peter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5796688/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29394252
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0191526