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From: sflitman@helix (Stephen Flitman)
Subject: no brain
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In point of fact, it is possible to have very little neopallium by
imaging and yet be neurologically and intellectually normal, so long
as the insult (hydrocephalus, meningitis, etc.) occurred before age 2

It has been well documented that one whole hemisphere can be ablated in
young humans, usually performed for tumor or intractable epilepsy, and
the other side takes over all language, spatial, and sensorimotor function.


					Stephen S. Flitman, MD
					Neurologist
					NIH/NINDS/MNB
					Cognitive Neuroscience Section

