Blockage of the tongue may cause nerve connections

2002/10/01 Elhuyar Zientzia Iturria: Elhuyar aldizkaria

• Anatomia/Fisiologia

Totels present a difficulty for speech that, although long known (both in the Bible and in Egyptian hieroglyphs references to stuttering appear), scientists did not know exactly why it happened. Now, the scientific journal The Lancet has published a paper that will help to better understand the problem.

Neurologists at the University of Hamburg in Germany have compared the brains of tablecloths and non-totels, noting that there are small differences. These differences are at the heart of oral expression and at the heart of the language. It seems that the nerve connection linking these areas of the brain is 30% weaker than normal. According to researchers, there may be fewer nerves and the chain may be disrupted or nerve fibers mixed.