But they also showed clear signs of peripheral neuropathy, such as fewer nerve endings in the skin and a weaker response to pain. What surprised researchers most was what happened inside the bones.

The nerve of your clitoris. If for whatever reason in the past, you’ve urgently Googled the question, “how may nerve endings does your clitoris have,” chances are the number 8,000 has surfaced.

Dr. Amir Marashi, an ob-gyn and the founder of the sex-toy company Cerē, said that four branches of this nerve reach into the muscles and tissue in the rear of the mouth, the root of the tongue ...

Their findings were illuminating: Per the team’s estimate, the average clitoris has 10,280 total nerve endings. For reference, that’s more than double the number of nerve endings in the glans ...

The nerve that enables the human clitoris to detect pleasurable touch contains thousands more nerve fibers than once estimated — about 10,000, rather than 8,000.

Scientists created a model of the human pain pathway in a dish by connecting four separate brain organoids. The feat should help them understand sensory disorders like those affecting pain perception.

New research from OHSU looked at human tissue to try to understand how many nerve fibers are contained in the clitoris. It seems to be the first time that this has ever been studied (a previous ...