At age 33, Kate Adamson had a stroke that resulted in a locked-in syndrome, in which one moment she was fine and the next totally paralyzed and barely able to breathe. The stroke had damaged which part of Kate Adamson's brain?
A)amygdala
B)brainstem
C)hippocampus
D)thalamus

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The brainstem controls many basic life functions, including heart rate, breathing, sleeping, and eating. Damage to the brainstem can result in locked-in syndrome, where an individual is fully conscious but cannot move or communicate verbally due to complete paralysis of nearly all voluntary muscles in the body except for the eyes.

At Age 33, Kate Adamson Had a Stroke That Resulted