Famous Cases
There have been many popularized cases of various forms of ABI such as:
- Phineas Gage’s case of traumatic brain injury that greatly stimulated discussion on brain function and physiology
- Henry Molaison, formerly known as patient H.M., underwent neurosurgery to remove scar tissue in his brain that was causing debilitating epileptic seizures, neurosurgeon William Beecher Scoville performed the surgery which created bilateral lesions near the hippocampus. These lesions helped remove symptoms of the epilepsy in Molaison but resulted in anterograde amnesia. Molaison has been studied by hundreds of researchers since this time, most notably Brenda Milner, and has been greatly influential in the study of memory and the brain.
- James Brady who suffered brain damage during an assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan.
- Ken Norton who fought Muhammad Ali, his traumatic brain injury was caused by an automobile accident.
- Zasetsky injured in the Battle of Smolensk, bullet entered his left parieto-occipital area, and resulted in a long coma. Following this he developed a form of agnosia and became unable to perceive the right side of things.
Read more about this topic: Acquired Brain Injury
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