WOODPECKERS AND HEAD INJURY

Authors :: PhilipR.A. May
Ada Hirschman
Paul Newman
Joaquin M. Fuster
Source :: The Lancet. 307:454-455
Publication Year :: 1976
Publisher :: Elsevier BV, 1976.
Abstract: The woodpecker is an experiment in Nature, a model for the investigation of mechanisms of basic importance for head injury and its prevention. A preliminary anatomical study of the woodpecker's head suggests that it may be fruitful to explore impact protective systems which are radically different from those in common use.