John Fetterman Shows How Well the Brain Recovers after Stroke
Following a stroke, the brain’s own repair processes can lead to a strong recovery in people such as Senate candidate John Fetterman
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Following a stroke, the brain’s own repair processes can lead to a strong recovery in people such as Senate candidate John Fetterman
A clinical study conducted by researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center found that, for children who had a major stroke to the left hemisphere of their brain within days of their birth, the infant's brain was 'plastic' enough for the right hemisphere to acquire the language abilities ordinarily handled by the left side while also maintaining its own language abilities as well.
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