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 […]
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 […]