What does the first EEG of a dying brain reveal?
US neurologists accidentally recorded a patient's dying brain, which revealed brain waves related to dreaming: case report
The brain appears to remain active and coordinated, even as death approaches, according to doctors who analysed the first-ever recording of brain waves as a person dies.
US neuroscientists accidentally made the recording while using electroencephalography (EEG) to detect and treat seizures in an 87-year-old man who had had an MI.
The unexpected event allowed them to conduct a study into what they recorded, which has been published in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience.
The rhythmic brain wave patterns recorded during the man’s death were similar to those occurring during dreaming, memory recall and meditation, they said.
