Neural Dynamics during Anoxia and the “Wave of Death”

Recent experiments in rats have shown the occurrence of a high amplitude slow brain wave in the EEG approximately 1 minute after decapitation, with a duration of 5–15 s (van Rijn et al, PLoS One 6, e16514, 2011) that was presumed to signify the death of brain neurons. We present a computational mode...

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Main Authors: Zandt, Bas-Jan, ten Haken, Bennie, van Dijk, J. Gert, van Putten, Michel J. A. M.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3135620/