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Newborn babies who suffered stroke regain language function in opposite side of brain
February 18, 2018 by NewsBot
A stroke in a baby -- even a big one -- does not have the same lasting impact as a stroke in an adult. A study found that a decade or two after a 'perinatal' stroke damaged the left 'language' side of the brain, affected teenagers and young adults used the right sides of their brain for language.