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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.
(Excerpt) Read more at newscientist.com ...
TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Science; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: brain; cerebellum; china; weird
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To: butterdezillion
Here’s a video of him giving an interview, plus if you Google “Half head guy” a lot of stuff on him comes up. I don’t know how he can function with half his brain gone, amazing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYmfSbfA5iU
To: Red Badger
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posted on
09/12/2014 6:54:34 AM PDT
by
Brother Cracker
(You are more likely to find krugerrands in a Cracker Jack box then 22 ammo at Wal-Mart)
To: csmusaret
EXACTLY!When is she running for political-office?
To: Red Badger
Have they checked any of the other women?
To: Mark17
Sorry, but that job is already held by Jar-Jar...
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posted on
09/12/2014 7:06:18 AM PDT
by
Delta Dawn
(Fluent in two languages: English and cursive.)
To: Old Teufel Hunden
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posted on
09/12/2014 7:30:21 AM PDT
by
wally_bert
(There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
To: wally_bert
Big trouble in Little China?
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posted on
09/12/2014 7:34:50 AM PDT
by
reed13k
(For evil to triumph it is only necessary for good men to do nothings)
To: Red Badger
Oh, Chinese!
I had wondered which Obama Admin section she worked in and guessed State before realizing.
vaudine
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posted on
09/12/2014 7:35:57 AM PDT
by
vaudine
To: Red Badger
Maybe her cerebellum is just...black.
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posted on
09/12/2014 7:38:55 AM PDT
by
exit82
("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
To: reed13k
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posted on
09/12/2014 7:40:25 AM PDT
by
wally_bert
(There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
To: exit82
Made of lead?................
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posted on
09/12/2014 7:41:33 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
To: butterdezillion
Yes, it is. Im no neuroscientist or molecular biologist, but I cant fathom how this ability to adapt could be encoded in DNA.
Isaiah 55:8-9New International Version (NIV)
8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord.
9 As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.
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posted on
09/12/2014 7:43:56 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
To: Red Badger
I bet she is hot. That is the only way she made it to 24 without anyone noticing she didn’t have a brain...
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posted on
09/12/2014 8:10:11 AM PDT
by
When do we get liberated?
(A socialist is a communist who realizes he must suck at the tit of Capitalism.)
To: Red Badger
The New Scientist and Red China. What could go wrong?
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posted on
09/12/2014 8:12:28 AM PDT
by
onedoug
To: Red Badger
Has anyone seen an x-ray of Pelosi’s brain ? This could be a possible explanation.
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posted on
09/12/2014 8:54:07 AM PDT
by
Timocrat
(Ingnorantia non excusat)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
09/12/2014 9:05:04 AM PDT
by
eldoradude
(It doesn't matter how many it takes, the lightbulb has already been stolen.)
To: Red Badger
What would you do if you had a brain
Scarecrow: I haven’t got a brain... only straw.
Dorothy: How can you talk if you haven’t got a brain?
Scarecrow: I don’t know... But some people without brains do an awful lot of talking... don’t they?
Dorothy: Yes, I guess you’re right.
To: minnesota_bound
Politicians, especially......................
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posted on
09/12/2014 10:57:11 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
To: BenLurkin
Too much thinking can be unhealthy.
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posted on
09/12/2014 12:14:22 PM PDT
by
The_Media_never_lie
(The media must be defeated any way it can be done.)
To: Mrs. Don-o
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posted on
09/12/2014 2:30:45 PM PDT
by
don-o
(He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever!)
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