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The Neuroscience of Dying

Tarvez Tucker November 19, 2025

How modern neurotechnology reveals the mystery of what happens in the critically injured brain as it approaches, or defies, death.

Image of a brain on a black background showing consciousness through web of neurons

The Neuroscience of Dying

Tarvez Tucker November 19, 2025

How modern neurotechnology reveals the mystery of what happens in the critically injured brain as it approaches, or defies, death.

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I’m Dr. Tarvez Tucker, a Neuroscience Intensive Care physician and professor of neurology at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon, with a keen interest in what happens in the critically-injured brain.

Thank you for joining me in this journey into the inner workings of the brain, and please let me know topics you’d like me to address in the future… topics you're curious about!