Open AccessSurge of neurophysiological activity in the dying brain
Author(s) -
Bruce Greyson,
Edward F. Kelly,
W. J. Ross Dunseath
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
proceedings of the national academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.011
H-Index - 771
eISSN - 1091-6490
pISSN - 0027-8424
DOI - 10.1073/pnas.1316937110
Subject(s) - neurophysiology , neuroscience , psychology
Borjigin et al. (1) describe recordings from electrodes implanted in rat brains that were made during and after cardiac arrest in rats. The surprising and unexplained 30-s surge in electrical coherence and connectivity certainly merits further study, but the authors’ suggestion that this transient electrical surge has implications for near-death experiences in humans seems premature to us. First, it is impossible to establish what, if anything, the rats were experiencing during the postarrest period of the surge. Second, the activity observed following cardiac …
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