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What happens to your brain after your Site Web Enter your search heart stops: Scientists find cells shut down in a wave of 'depression' but Ad humans could be brought back to life up to FIVE MINUTES after 'death' Electrodes were used to detect a final flurry of electrical activity in dying brains Five minutes after a person's heart stops beating their brain cells still function Consciousness may still be present for many minutes after the body has 'died' A wave of 'spreading depression' marked the moment that the brain shuts down

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A wave of electrical activity in our brains called 'spreading depression' appears to VISIT SITE mark the final moment before death, researchers have found.

Experts examining brain activity in dying patients observed a flurry of activity that appears to precede the fatal shutdown of our most vital organ.

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The finding suggests that consciousness may continue to work after for many minutes after MORE HEADLINES the rest of the body has stopped showing signs of life. This graph shows reading taken by a depth electrodes which detected an initial and a second later period of electrical activity FEMAIL TODAY

A team of neurologists, including from the Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Kaia Gerber, 18, and birthday boy, Pete continuously monitored electrical signals in the brains of of nine people as they Davidson, 26, head back died. to her apartment at 3:30 am following SNL after- party in NYC Each of the patients - from Berlin, Germany, and Cincinnati, Ohio - had received fatal brain injuries and had 'do not resuscitate' orders. Derek Hough tries to dance for his wife after Experts hoped that, by implanting electrodes in the brains of their test subjects, they having emergency surgery to remove his could uncover the mechanisms and timing of events during the process of dying. appendix Rushed to hospital on They found that even five minutes after a person's heart stops beating their brain Saturday night

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You lose all your brain stem reflexes, including your gag reflex and your pupil reflex.

The brain's cerebral cortex, which is responsible for thinking and processing information from the five senses, also instantly flatlines.

This means that within two to 20 seconds, no brainwaves will be detected on an electric monitor.

This sparks a chain reaction of cellular processes that will result in the death of brain cells. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5444223/What-happens-brain-minutes-die.html 3/36 11/17/2019 What happens to your brain in the minutes before you die | Daily Mail Online However this can take hours after the heart has stopped, researchers said. Ad

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Exactly how long this remains the case is still open to debate.

A final 'wave' of spreading depression seems to mark the point at which neurons have fired for the last time, although the research team warned that this may still be an unreliable marker for true death.

'The chemical changes that lead to death begin with depolarization,' Dr Jed Hartings of the University of University of Cincinnati's College of Medicine and a member of the research team told Newsweek.

'We've never had a method to diagnose brain death, and we don't have a way to be certain when all capacity for awareness is lost.' https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5444223/What-happens-brain-minutes-die.html 5/36 11/17/2019 What happens to your brain in the minutes before you die | Daily Mail Online

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