<P> One such predictor of success is often the age of the patient . This procedure is almost exclusively performed in children because their brains generally display more neuroplasticity , allowing neurons from the remaining hemisphere to take over the tasks from the lost hemisphere . This likely occurs by strengthening neural connections which already exist on the unaffected side but which would have otherwise remained small in a normally functioning , uninjured brain . In one study of children under 5 who had this surgery to treat catastrophic epilepsy , 73.7 % were freed of all seizures . </P>
<P> One such predictor of success is often the age of the patient . This procedure is almost exclusively performed in children because their brains generally display more neuroplasticity , allowing neurons from the remaining hemisphere to take over the tasks from the lost hemisphere . This likely occurs by strengthening neural connections which already exist on the unaffected side but which would have otherwise remained small in a normally functioning , uninjured brain . In one study of children under 5 who had this surgery to treat catastrophic epilepsy , 73.7 % were freed of all seizures . </P>
how can someone live with half a brain
how can someone live with half a brain
neuroplasticity , allowing neurons from the remaining hemisphere to take over the tasks from the lost hemisphere
neuroplasticity , allowing neurons from the remaining hemisphere to take over the tasks from the lost hemisphere