Andy Wellsalmost 7 years ago
When surgeons removed one sixth of a child's brain, here's what happened
A study found even after lobectomy a child's brain rewires to compensate for the lost parts.What the researchers witnessed was the left hemisphere assuming the functions usually performed by the missing regions of his brain. Read full article...
Source: https://edition.cnn.com/2018/07/31/health/surgeons-remove-part-of-childs-brain-case-study/index.htmlTop rated comment
almost 7 years ago
And there is a procedure called a hemispherectomy which removes an entire cerebral hemisphere
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