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 human is no longer...

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, comprises the central nervous system. It consists of the cerebrum...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

reflex, such as brain injuries. It is sometimes misinterpreted as the sound of the person choking to death or gargling. Notably, death rattle is a separate...

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

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

below the lesion, which is deprived of the regulating influence of the brain... Pressure on the cerebellum is supposed to account for cases of priapism...

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...

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...

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...

unusual deaths, unique or extremely rare circumstances of death recorded throughout history, noted as being unusual by multiple sources. The death of Aeschylus...

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

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

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...

the brain (which was forced against the wall of the cranium causing oedema and haemorrhage, increasing intra-cranial pressure and causing brain death),...

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

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

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...

A brain tumor occurs when abnormal cells form within the brain multiplies. There are two main types of tumors: malignant (cancerous) tumors and benign...

classify the manner of death. For example, the proximate cause or mechanism of death might be brain ischemia (lack of blood flow to the brain), caused by a malignant...

near-death experiences resulted from serious injury affecting the body or brain. A number of more contemporary sources report the incidence of near death experiences...