Nerve conduction study. A nerve conduction study (NCS) is a medical diagnostic test commonly used to evaluate the function, especially the ability of electrical conduction, of the motor and sensory nerves of the human body.
Possums eat native trees and plants, berries, flowers, insects and snails. Rata, kamahi, tawa and pohutukawa are especially vulnerable to possum damage as these tree species are more palatable.They are also known to eat the eggs and chicks of native birds including the endangered kiwi, kukupa and kokako.ossums eat native trees and plants, berries, flowers, insects and snails. Rata, kamahi, tawa and pohutukawa are especially vulnerable to possum damage as these tree species are more palatable.
The Mountain Pygmy-possum (Burramys parvus) is the largest of Australia's five pygmy-possums and the only one that lives in the alpine zone. It lives in areas above 1300 metres, mostly in mountain plum-pine heathlands growing over boulder-fields of basalt or granite.he Mountain Pygmy-possum (Burramys parvus) is the largest of Australia's five pygmy-possums and the only one that lives in the alpine zone. It lives in areas above 1300 metres, mostly in mountain plum-pine heathlands growing over boulder-fields of basalt or granite.