Microscope photos of Krause corpuscles within the clitoris (left) and penis (proper) of mice
Lijun Qi, Harvard College
Mysterious neurons within the clitoris and penis end up to reply to vibration and lightweight contact, and appear to be essential for wholesome sexual perform and presumably pleasure. The discovering solves a 160-year-old thriller and will clarify why vibrators are sexually stimulating.
In 1860, Wilhelm Krause, a German anatomist, recognized clusters of nerve endings within the human clitoris and penis that have been named Krause corpuscles. Their perform was unclear, nevertheless, they usually have been largely forgotten.
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