Nerves

Someone can get on your nerves. You can have nerves of steel. Heck, they can even be frayed! But have you ever wondered what nerves actually are? If so, you've come to the right place! This week, our dear friend and contributor Deboki Chakravarti (@okidoki_boki) stops by to join the fun, and Ceri hosts for the first time ever! Don't miss it!Grab the NordVPN deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/TANGENTS Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee!Head to https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter!And go to https://store.dftba.com/collections/scishow-tangents to buy your very own, genuine SciShow Tangents sticker!A big thank you to Patreon subscribers Garth Riley and Tom Mosner for helping to make the show possible!Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @im_sam_schultz Hank: @hankgreen[Truth or Fail]Electric rays/low voltages to treat painful nerveshttps://www.mjrheum.org/assets/files/792/file60_974.pdfhttps://arthritis.ca/living-well/2019/women,-arthritis-and-neuropathic-painhttps://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/treatments/15840-transcutaneous-electrical-nerve-stimulation-tenshttps://www.nhs.uk/conditions/transcutaneous-electrical-nerve-stimulation-tens/Mouse tail galvanoscope (sciatic nerve)https://books.google.com/books?id=SJNMAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA309&lpg=PA309https://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/optics/olympusmicd/galleries/brightfield/mousetail.htmlhttps://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content.aspx?contenttypeid=85&contentid=p01382Electrically stimulating tastebuds https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1307523/http://longevity3.stanford.edu/design-challenge-winners-announced/[Trivia Question]Glaucoma retinal nerve fiber layerhttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00417-022-05619-4[Fact Off]C. elegans auditory nerveshttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/02/220223103054.htmhttps://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/928925[Ask the Science Couch]Paresthesia aka pins and needles https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content.aspx?ContentTypeID=1&ContentID=58https://www.ninds.nih.gov/Disorders/All-Disorders/Paresthesia-Information-Pagehttps://www.racgp.org.au/afp/2015/march/paraesthesia-and-peripheral-neuropathyhttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0305735610362950https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5384201/https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/107385840200800209[Butt One More Thing]Sciatic butt nervehttps://www.scielo.br/j/acb/a/rwFj4BBy4p35XbfKDLNFLkx/?lang=enhttps://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/sciatica/symptoms-causes/syc-20377435#:~:text=The%20sciatic%20nerves%20branches%20from,one%20side%20of%20your%20body.https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/12792-sciatica Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.