The Difference of Man and the Difference it Makes (Humans)

by David Turell , Wednesday, July 22, 2009, 02:29 (5605 days ago) @ xeno6696

After reading the story more in depth I noticed that it said she was born with half the brain missing... that makes it a little less earth-shaking... I understand that the neurologists considered it unexpected, but even in my own case I regenerated my tonsils. It doesn't seem so shocking then to think that the brain can do the same thing. - Yes it is very shocking. She regenerated nothing, but rerouted her dendrites and set up new functions for new neurons, ending up with total vision in half a brain. Tonsils are fairly simple lymphatic tissue and have a tendency to regenerate. Mine did also.
To understand normal connections, the optic nerves cross, the outer nerves going to the same side of the brain and the inner nerves of the x-cross going to the other hemisphere. What happened to her is astounding.