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Woman of 24 found to have no cerebellum in her brain
www.newscientist.com ^
| 09-11-2014
| Staff
Posted on 09/12/2014 6:25:50 AM PDT by Red Badger
DON'T mind the gap. A woman has reached the age of 24 without anyone realising she was missing a large part of her brain. The case highlights just how adaptable the organ is.
The discovery was made when the woman was admitted to the Chinese PLA General Hospital of Jinan Military Area Command in Shandong Province complaining of dizziness and nausea. She told doctors she'd had problems walking steadily for most of her life, and her mother reported that she hadn't walked until she was 7 and that her speech only became intelligible at the age of 6.
Doctors did a CAT scan and immediately identified the source of the problem her entire cerebellum was missing (see scan, below left). The space where it should be was empty of tissue. Instead it was filled with cerebrospinal fluid, which cushions the brain and provides defence against disease.
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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Science; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: brain; cerebellum; china; weird
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A hole at the back (top) where the cerebellum should be (Top image: Feng Yu et al.; Bottom image: Zephyr/Science Photo Library )
To: Red Badger
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posted on
09/12/2014 6:26:41 AM PDT
by
csmusaret
(Will remove Obama-Biden bumperstickers for $10)
To: Red Badger
Lemme guess, she votes democrat.
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posted on
09/12/2014 6:28:18 AM PDT
by
struggle
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posted on
09/12/2014 6:28:21 AM PDT
by
bunkerhill7
("The Second Amendment has no limits on firepower"-NY State Senator Kathleen A. Marchione.")
To: Red Badger
Comments on this thread should be interesting.
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posted on
09/12/2014 6:29:37 AM PDT
by
SkyDancer
(I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am)
To: bunkerhill7
Air Head? Or.... maybe just blonde? No really.... I didn’t know that was even possible. It explains a few things about an ex-wife I know though...
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posted on
09/12/2014 6:30:09 AM PDT
by
kjam22
(my music video "If My People" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74b20RjILy4)
To: Red Badger
We know she didn’t think herself to death.
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posted on
09/12/2014 6:30:32 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: Red Badger
To: Red Badger
In this country she would have probably been aborted, sadly
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posted on
09/12/2014 6:31:38 AM PDT
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
To: Red Badger
Amazing she could walk at all.
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posted on
09/12/2014 6:32:18 AM PDT
by
xone
To: kjam22
Not a lot of blonds in China. lol
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posted on
09/12/2014 6:32:34 AM PDT
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
To: Red Badger
..second girlfriend. 😆
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posted on
09/12/2014 6:32:56 AM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
(The end move in politics in always to pick up a weapon...eh? "Bathhouse" 0'Mullah? d8^)
To: GeronL
LOL.... yeah.... So if you look in one of her ears you really can see out the other?
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posted on
09/12/2014 6:33:27 AM PDT
by
kjam22
(my music video "If My People" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74b20RjILy4)
To: SkyDancer
I am waiting on the brain picture of Homer Simpson to show up. LOL
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posted on
09/12/2014 6:34:04 AM PDT
by
dforest
To: GeronL
Green eyes? Guess the movie reference.
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posted on
09/12/2014 6:34:42 AM PDT
by
wally_bert
(There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
To: xone
Amazing she could walk at all. Apparenly, it took 7 years for her cerebrum to rewire itself and take over the functions normally handled by the cerebellum. This business is truly amazing.
To: struggle; csmusaret
Lemme guess, she votes democrat. I think that would be no gray matter or cerebellum where the higher brain functions are located.
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posted on
09/12/2014 6:35:40 AM PDT
by
Pontiac
(The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
To: Red Badger
To: Red Badger
You think that's something, how about this guy? And he is able to function normally, they have a video of him on Youtube talking and acting completely normal......
To: Red Badger
Am I looking at the brain of a radical leftist?
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