Very interesting. I keep wondering about this. There are hemispherectomy patients who have very few deficits as you point out here. OTOH we also know of focal stroke patients or focal brain injury patients that seem to have severe deficits. How does one reconcile these two classes of patients?
Literature suggests that the earlier one gets a brain injury the better it is. Children's brains seem to have a stronger adaptability than those of an adult. This would explain why old stroke patients suffer quite a lot while children with half a brain missing seem to have no apparent deficits.
Very interesting. I keep wondering about this. There are hemispherectomy patients who have very few deficits as you point out here. OTOH we also know of focal stroke patients or focal brain injury patients that seem to have severe deficits. How does one reconcile these two classes of patients?
Literature suggests that the earlier one gets a brain injury the better it is. Children's brains seem to have a stronger adaptability than those of an adult. This would explain why old stroke patients suffer quite a lot while children with half a brain missing seem to have no apparent deficits.