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Some people with half a brain have extra strong neural connections

A new study shows how the brain adapts after a hemispherectomy to treat childhood epilepsy

half of a brain

Despite having only half of a brain, certain neural connections appear to be stronger than those in a fully intact brain, a new study suggests.

Caltech Brain Imaging Center

By Laura Sanders

Half of a brain can do a full-time job.

A detailed study of six adults who, as children, had half of their brain removed to treat severe epilepsy, shows how brains can reorganize and bounce back.