A hole at the back (top) where the cerebellum should be (Top image: Feng Yu et al.; Bottom image: Zephyr/Science Photo Library )
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 ...
A hole at the back (top) where the cerebellum should be (Top image: Feng Yu et al.; Bottom image: Zephyr/Science Photo Library )
Liberalism explained
Lemme guess, she votes democrat.
A No-Brainer
Comments on this thread should be interesting.
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...
We know she didn’t think herself to death.
She’s a blonde?
In this country she would have probably been aborted, sadly
Amazing she could walk at all.
Not a lot of blonds in China. lol
LOL.... yeah.... So if you look in one of her ears you really can see out the other?
I am waiting on the brain picture of Homer Simpson to show up. LOL
Green eyes? Guess the movie reference.
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.
I think that would be no gray matter or cerebellum where the higher brain functions are located.
Am I looking at the brain of a radical leftist?
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