My first reaction was a gut reaction: "gross!" But the idea for replacement is a one :) Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 619-260-4006 [email protected]
---- Original message ---- >Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2009 11:22:50 -0400 >From: "Christopher D. Green" <[email protected]> >Subject: [tips] [Fwd: road map of the tongue] >To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> > > A new map of the tongue (to replace to old, madeup > one). > Chris Green > York U. > Toronto > > (Thanks to Harry Whitaker of Northern Michigan U for > passing this along to me.) > > > > > > > > Shown here are the gustatory nerves that populate > the tongue. Scientists created the image by > superimposing a scanning electron microscope image > onto a fluorescent image of the same tongue in which > the nerves had been labeled with a red marker. This > overlay allows scientist to determine whether the > nerves successfully made it to their targets, the > bumps on the tongue, called papillae, that house > taste buds. > > Credit:Liqun Ma,Grace F. Lopez,and Robin F. Krimm, > The Journal of Neuroscience, March 18, 2009, > 29(11):3354-3364. > > > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([email protected]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
