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Spinal Cord Found to Shape Arousal and Sex

Spinal Cord Found to Shape Arousal and Sex

Summary: A new study overturns the traditional view that the brain solely directs male sexual behavior while the spinal cord executes ejaculation. Researchers identified Galanin-expressing spinal neurons that both drive ejaculation and regulate arousal, integrating sensory input, brain feedback, and internal states. In mice, these neurons influenced pacing, coordination, and even the refractory period, suggesting a more active role for …

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FDA Issues Complete Response Letter (CRL) for Apitegromab as a Treatment for Patients with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) Solely Related to Observations Identified at Catalent Indiana LLC Fill-Finish Facility – Scholar Rock

FDA Issues Complete Response Letter (CRL) for Apitegromab as a Treatment for Patients with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) Solely Related to Observations Identified at Catalent Indiana LLC Fill-Finish Facility  Scholar RockView Full Coverage on Google News Source link

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Michael McKean on ‘Spinal Tap II: The End Continues’

Michael McKean on ‘Spinal Tap II: The End Continues’

Does the release of Spinal Tap II: The End Continues mark the actual end of England’s loudest band? Maybe, says Michael McKean, who plays David St. Hubbins: “If you only halfway exist, then vanishing altogether is not a big chore.” McKean, whose many other roles include Charles McGill on Better Call Saul and a recent Broadway stint in a Glengarry …

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‘Go to eleven’: How the ‘Spinal Tap’ phrase lived on after the movie – The Washington Post

‘Go to eleven’: How the ‘Spinal Tap’ phrase lived on after the movie  The Washington Post ‘Spinal Tap II: The End Continues’ Review: They Can’t Leave This Behind  The New York Times For Those About to Mock  The Atlantic Spinal Tap: The world’s loudest band return with a little help from their famous friends  BBC Review: Too legendary to stay lovable losers, Spinal Tap …

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Spinal Tap II: The End Continues review: None more bleak

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues review: None more bleak

It’s been more than 40 years since Rob Reiner’s mockumentary classic This Is Spinal Tap introduced pop culture to its most enduring fictional rockers, the eminently quotable long-haired bozos of the English metal band Spinal Tap (or Spın̈al Tap, if we’re being technical). The on-stage mishaps and backstage pretensions of Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest), David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean), Derek …

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Spinal Tap 2 might not go to 11, but it still rocks.

Spinal Tap 2 might not go to 11, but it still rocks.

“It’s such a fine line between stupid and, uh … ” opines David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean) in Rob Reiner’s epochal 1984 mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap. In a rare instance of being less slow-witted than his bandmate, Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest) steps in to supply the missing adjective: “clever.” Forty-one years later, the fictional hard-rock supergroup is back to toeing that …

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Rob Reiner on Directing ‘Spinal Tap II: The End Continues’

Rob Reiner on Directing ‘Spinal Tap II: The End Continues’

This Friday, the loudest rock band in history returns to the big screen with “Spinal Tap II: The End Continues.” A sequel to the 1984 classic mockumentary “This is Spinal Tap,” “Spinal Tap II” reunites director Rob Reiner with the cast of the first film (Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer), who share writing and producing credits with Reiner …

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