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A surgeon looked at 7 clitorises under a microscope and found they're packed with 10,000 nerve fibers. It could be a game-changing discovery.

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Electron microscope image of a nerve fiber with myelin (IMAGE)

Electron microscope image of a nerve fiber with myelin (in black) in the optic nerve of an MS patient. In yellow, the spaces between myelin layers that are enlarged in MS) Disclaimer: AAAS and ...
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Spun-sugar fibers spawn sweet technique for nerve repair

Researchers at Purdue University have developed a technique using spun-sugar filaments to create a scaffold of tiny synthetic tubes that might serve as conduits to regenerate nerves severed in ...
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Pleasure-producing human clitoris has more than 10,000 nerve fibers

MIAMI, Florida – More than 10,000 nerve fibers enable the pleasurable sensations created by the human clitoris, according to new Oregon Health & Science University-led research presented at a joint ...