[ExI] Makes me wonder...

[William Flynn Wallace]

Before 1950 studies were done where rats learned to run a maze, then had
some brains removed.  Turned out that it did not matter what part they
removed, only how much (bet they didn't remove the hippocampus, though.)
bill w

On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 8:35 AM, Henry Rivera <hrivera at alumni.virginia.edu>
wrote:

> I believe I recall reading about such experiments being done on dogs and
> monkeys long ago. I can't provide a reference however.
> -Henry
>
> On Sep 14, 2014, at 2:20 AM, Jukka Liukkonen <jukka.liukkonen at iki.fi>
> wrote:
>
> I wonder how large portions of a human body could be removed and it could
> still function somewhat normally.
>
> Maybe we could create a list?
>
> - parts of brain
> - another kidney
> - appendix
> - some or all teeth (if replaced)
> - some fingers and toes (but which could be removed?)
>
>
> This is just a hypothetical list, I hope no one goes to a surgeon with
> this list haha
>
>
> br,
> Jukka
>
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> 2014-09-13 20:07 GMT+03:00 BillK <pharos at gmail.com>:
>
>> On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 5:06 PM, Mirco Romanato wrote:
>> > ... how many people are out there functioning basically normally
>> > with missing brain parts or other organs.
>> >
>> > A lot more than we would suppose.
>> >
>>
>> Yes. For example, look up vascular dementia.
>> This is a result of small strokes in the brain creating dead areas in the
>> brain.
>> These small strokes can happen at any time and usually go unnoticed
>> until the damage gets bad enough. So many people carry on functioning
>> after mini-strokes and protest that they feel fine.
>>
>> A doctor told me that almost every time they do a brain scan they find
>> dead areas in the brain.
>> (Of course they are doing a scan because the patient has noticeable
>> behavioural defects).
>>
>> BillK
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