18 March 2009

Mouse or hippo?

Sometimes, I just have to smile.

Correction

Nature 458, 263 (2009). doi:10.1038/458263e

The Research Highlight 'Pogo-stick pictures' (Nature 458, 11; 2009) described the subject of the accompanying image as a mouse cochlear hair cell. It is in fact a hippocampal neuron.

 

[PS don't ask me to correct this post title. It is a joke, possibly not a very good one, but a joke.]

18 Mar 2009 20:47:00 | Science

5 Comments

Norm

For one dreadful moment I had visions flash before my eyes of the path of the hyopglossal nerve and the trigeminal and the mandibular...........

Posted by: Norm | 18 March 2009 at 21:32

bernd

"To read this story in full you will need to login or make a payment (see right)."

US$32 to read a single article seems quite a lot. [More and more you can read via medline relevant articles online for free. What an achievement if there is no library in your vicinity - usually, if you work thoroughly, you even need more than one paper.]

Posted by: bernd | 18 March 2009 at 22:22

Brian Clegg

Mouse or hippo? No, seahorse.

Posted by: Brian Clegg | 19 March 2009 at 09:10

Reg

I like the title but thought it might be a new Swedish mystery, Mus eller flodhäst.

Posted by: Reg | 19 March 2009 at 18:19

Clare D

Heh, heh - hence the term 'hair-brain' ba-dum-tish. Yup, I'm here all season, folks.

Posted by: Clare D | 19 March 2009 at 23:26

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