Prevent Brain Injury Secret adated from Woodpecker

Prevent Brain Injury Secret adated from Woodpecker. Woodpecker pecking at a tree trunk very quickly run into serious pressure that is bound to injure the head if it occurs in humans, but in fact woodpeckers not injured at all. Inspired by the woodpeckers, scientists find new approaches to prevent and treat head injuries in humans.

Encouraged curiosity, researchers in China have been investigating how to protect woodpeckers peck wood when his brain damage. The hope, researchers want to find new approaches to prevent and treat head injuries in humans.

Head trauma is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Injury to the brain suffered by about 15 percent of all deaths and disability. and represent the leading cause of death among young adults.

Prevent Brain Injury Secret adated from Woodpecker

Brain injuries can be caused due to sudden changes in head velocity. However, woodpeckers do not experience any ill effects despite its beak hitting a tree trunk 6-7 meters per second with an acceleration of 1,000 G.

Yubo is a Fan of Beihang University in Beijing and Ming Zhang of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University that examines how the birds do these strange habits. Researchers concentrated on a large number of woodpecker found throughout Eurasia and the most common bird species found in Britain.

As reported by The Independent, Thursday (03/11/2011), the researchers used high-speed video camera and scan the bird's head to examine the bone structure. The results of a study published today in the scientific journal PLoS ONE shows that the woodpecker has a complex shock absorbers inside the skull.

The bones of the skull and beak shaped like a sponge at different places on the skull and the unequal length at the top and bottom half appears essential to prevent impact injuries.

The researchers concluded that the system of shock absorbers woodpecker is not based on any single factor, but a combination of different body characteristics. This combination may be useful in guiding the design of new protective headgear.