Brain death is the permanent, irreversible, and complete loss of brain function, which may include cessation of involuntary activity necessary to sustain...

considered entirely dead. Brain death is sometimes used as a legal definition of death. For all organisms with a brain, death can instead be focused on...

of cardiopulmonary function or the loss of brain function including the brainstem and cortex. Signs of death or strong indications that a warm-blooded...

leads to poor oxygen supply or cerebral hypoxia and thus leads to the death of brain tissue or cerebral infarction/ischemic stroke. It is a sub-type of stroke...

the brain (brain death).[citation needed][dubious – discuss] In the United States, each state has laws for determining these two categories of death that...

The brain is the central organ of the human nervous system, and with the spinal cord makes up the central nervous system. The brain consists of the cerebrum...

established that the physiological functioning of the brain, the cessation of which defines brain death, is closely connected to mental states. Neuroscience...

resuscitation. At the onset of clinical death, consciousness is lost within several seconds, and in dogs, measurable brain activity has been measured to stop...

Brainstem death is a clinical syndrome defined by the absence of reflexes with pathways through the brainstem – the "stalk" of the brain, which connects...

A death mask is a likeness (typically in wax or plaster cast) of a person's face after their death, usually made by taking a cast or impression from the...

reunited for one concert in 1997 (put on by Eric Paone of Candy Striper Death Orgy in New Hampshire) then, two more shows the following year with Eric...

complete recovery to permanent disability or death. Causes include falls, vehicle collisions and violence. Brain trauma occurs as a consequence of a sudden...

Fan death is a misconception that people have died as a result of running an electric fan in a closed room with no open windows. While the supposed mechanics...

the swallowing reflex, such as brain injuries. It is sometimes misinterpreted as the sound of the person choking to death or gargling. This symptom most...

A death erection, angel lust, rigor erectus, or terminal erection is a post-mortem erection, technically a priapism, observed in the corpses of men who...

The Boltzmann brain thought experiment suggests that it might be more likely for a single brain to spontaneously form in space, complete with a memory...

to dysfunction of organ systems. Permanent brain damage can occur after as little as three minutes and death will inevitably ensue after a few more minutes...

determined that the death had resulted from water intoxication and hyponatremia, which in turn led to serious swelling of the brain, though the ecstasy...

Maternal somatic support after brain death occurs when a brain dead patient is pregnant and their body is kept alive to deliver a fetus. It occurs very...

Calixto Machado (2007). Brain death: a reappraisal. Springer. p. 79. ISBN 978-0-387-38975-2. "Practice Parameters: Determining Brain Death in Adults" (PDF)....

removed within seven and a half hours of his death. His apparent regularities or irregularities in the brain have been used to support various ideas about...

Anencephaly is the absence of a major portion of the brain, skull, and scalp that occurs during embryonic development. It is a cephalic disorder that...

sustained by life support), a neurologist is often called in to verify brain death and to fill out the appropriate documentation. The failure of a physician...

Academy of Sciences. Most of these near-death experiences resulted from serious injury affecting the body or brain. The equivalent French term expérience...

consciousness, the brain is the basis of subjective experience, agency, self-awareness, and awareness of the surrounding natural world. When brain death occurs,...

A death threat is a threat, often made anonymously, by one person or a group of people to kill another person or group of people. These threats are often...

matching recipient. The verification of death is normally done by a neurologist (a physician specializing in brain function) that is not involved in the...

will ever be fulfilled Hendry, Robert; Crippen, David (2014). "Brain Failure and Brain Death". ACS Surgery: Principles and Practice critical care. Decker...

of these disorders is an active area of biomedical research. Finally, brain death results in an irreversible disruption of consciousness. While other conditions...

Dignified death, death with dignity, dying with dignity or dignity in dying is an ethical concept aimed at avoiding suffering and maintaining control and...