Would we be ever be able to perform a brain transplant?

Question: Would we be ever be able to perform a brain transplant?
- Keywords:
  brain,
  future,
  health,
  human,
  people,
  transplant
Asked by Anyadb to Anna, Hayley, Iain, Rebecca on 25 Jun 2015.
- Hayley Clissold answered on 25 Jun 2015:
  
  One day, it could be a possibility. Brain transplants have already been successfully carried out in other animals, including monkeys.
  
  An interesting article about brain transplants can be seen here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/reports/archive/science_nature/brain.shtml
- Iain Bethune answered on 26 Jun 2015:
  
  Here’s a thought – if you transplant a brain is that the body having a brain transplant or rather the brain having a body transplant. I think it’s the second!