Thursday, 7 December 2017
quote [ Researchers report massive cortical reorganization was reversed in a child who received a double hand transplant following amputation in infancy. ]
The first child to undergo a successful hand transplant also is the first child in whom scientists have detected massive changes in how sensations from the hands are represented in the brain. The brain reorganization is thought to have begun six years before the transplant, when the child had both hands amputated because of a severe infection during infancy. Notably, after he received transplanted hands, the patient’s brain reverted toward a more typical pattern.
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