When Your Brain Sends a Warning
A sentinel warning and how to recognize the signs—the pause before a neurological emergency. In our Neuroscience ICU at Oregon Health & Science University we see catastrophic injuries to the […]
Moments Lost in Time
What is transient global amnesia? Learn how this temporary episode of profound memory loss affects the brain, awareness, and the ability to form new memories.
What He Never Said
In my last post I spoke of how there is never one hundred percent or zero percent certainty in medicine. Last week we admitted someone to our ICU who taught […]
There is No Never in Medicine
You likely will not (and should not) ever encounter a physician who tells you that there’s a 100% chance or a Zero % chance of a specific outcome when someone […]
What Happens in the Brain Near Death?
Hi Inquisitive Neuroscience Readers!! It’s surprising, but you can be declared dead in one country and not be dead in another! As a Neuroscience Intensive Care (ICU) physician at Oregon […]
The Neuroscience of Dying
How modern neurotechnology reveals the mystery of what happens in the critically injured brain as it approaches, or defies, death. Today, we are fascinated by the neuroscience of living—how to […]
