When it comes to sexual pleasure, there’s one spot on the female anatomy that tends to get the most attention: the clitoris. Yet despite the clitoris's association with orgasms and female pleasure, ...

MIAMI -- The oft-cited claim that there are more than 8,000 nerve endings in the clitoris comes from a 1976 book by Thomas Lowry and Thea Lowry, in reference to a study of cows. No one had ...

Here’s a new piece of trivia to toss out at a party sometime: The human clitoris seems to contain more than 10,000 nerve endings. Researchers this month are apparently the first to try counting the ...

Ever heard that stat about how the clitoris has 8,000 nerve endings? That number might actually be even higher, according to a new study. Researchers from Oregon Health & Science University in ...

Pure cholinergic nerve endings (synaptosomes) were isolated from the electric organ of Torpedo by a rapid procedure. These synaptosomes are ∼3 μm in diameter. They contain an occasional mitochondrion, ...

Nerve pain is debilitating and can affect a person’s mental and physical well-being. The entire body contains nerve endings that enhance communication between different body parts and the brain. Nerve ...

For years, researchers have known that the symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD) result from damage to a specific region of the brain. A new study shows that the disease also causes widespread damage ...