NIH R01 · 2024
Summary Lobectomy (resection of a portion of a cortex) or hemispherectomy (removal of a hemisphere) is an increasingly common treatment for seizure management in individuals with pharmaco-resistant epilepsy. Despite the removal of a considerable amount of visual cortex, these patients typically exhibit a remarkable degree of recovery of visuo-cognitive function, particularly if the resection is performed in early childhood. This restitution of function is all the more surprising given the distinct patterns of lateralization of the two cerebral hemispheres in the normal brain. The proposed research undertakes a systematic examination of the extent and nature of the recovery of visual…
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