TY - JOUR PY - 1976// TI - Woodpeckers and head injury JO - Lancet A1 - May, P. R. A1 - Fuster, J. M. A1 - Newman, P. A1 - Hirschman, A. SP - 454 EP - 455 VL - 1 IS - 7957 N2 - The woodpecker is an experiment in Nature, a model for the investigation of mechanisms of basic importance for head injury and its prevention. A preliminary anatomical study of the woodpecker's head suggests that it may be fruitful to explore impact protective systems which are radically different from those in common use. LA - SN - 0140-6736 UR - http://dx.doi.org/ ID - ref1 ER -