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Taking over the functions is probably only true for the regions in the same part rather than among parts. AFAIK, one region of cortex can compensate for other r
by dilawar 4y ago
Taking over the functions is probably only true for the regions in the same part rather than among parts. AFAIK, one region of cortex can compensate for other regions but I doubt that it can compensate for the damage in other part of the brain, e.g. hippocampus or cerebellum.
I often wonder about the nature of the control flow in the brain. And if there is any?
- IIAOPSW 4y agoI think the exact opposite but don't have time to go into the detailed evidence so I'm just going to assert the hypothesis tersely: The currency in which brain function is conducted is the brain waves not the neurons. Brain waves are just circular loops of neuron paths activating themselves. There is no particular part of the brain or particular neuron or particular lobe responsible for any one processing task. Granted some processes require shorter loops and can thus end up localized. Eg, all the loops for vision can happen to be in the same cortex (allowing the same frequencies to be reused in a different cortex). But this fact is merely a convenience of implementation. The system would still function just fine if the same loops were embedded in some larger network topology.
- nicoburns 4y agoThere is a case of a woman born without a cerebellum, and the neocortex was able to compensate. Her movement was less smooth than most peoples, but close enough to “normal” that she didn’t discover her cerebellum was missing until well into adulthood when she had a brain scan for an unrelated reason.