The unusual case of a woman without a cerebellum that has surprised the scientific community.

The patient has managed to live without any apparent problem and is the mother of a baby girl.

The cerebellum is an area attached to the brain that is essential for the correct functioning of our nervous system. Located in the brain, its main function is to integrate its main function is to integrate the sensory and motor pathways of the brain.. The cerebellum connects the information received by the senses to send and control the orders that the cerebral cortex sends to the locomotor system.

A woman has lived 24 years without a cerebellum... and she is expecting a baby.

In fact, this is what was believed until now. The scientific publication Brain has reported in recent days the curious case of a 24-year-old Chinese woman who, after undergoing several medical examinations to find out the cause of the vomiting, dizziness and discomfort she was suffering from, has discovered that she has no cerebellum. Needless to say, this has caused astonishment among both the patient and the scientific community.

In addition, the young woman without a cerebellum is pregnant, confirms Brain. Apparently, the pregnancy did not have any complications and no history of neurological disorder has been detected among her relatives. However, it was noted that the young woman's mother confirmed that the patient's motor and communicative development was delayed. According to her words she did not walk unaided until she was six years old and her ability to communicate was delayed until the age of seven. Delays that, as it is easy to deduce, occurred as a consequence of not having a cerebellum.

One of nine documented cases of people without a cerebellum

The young woman is one of nine documented adults who have managed to survive childhood despite not having a cerebellum. survived childhood despite not having a cerebellum.. Of these nine cases, six are female and three are male.

The strange case of this Chinese woman demonstrates the marvelous capacity of our brain to adapt to survival in the most inhospitable conditions. In this case, even lacking a part, the cerebellum, which is considered essential for the execution of basic functions. This also demonstrates that the brain system is capable of substituting functions and compensating for missing parts. compensate for the missing parts.