Researchers have found brain activity beyond a flat line EEG, which they have called Nu-complexes (from the Greek letter n). According to existing scientific data, researchers and doctors had ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. When working with patients in a deep coma, doctors interpret a flat EEG reading as a sign that the person is brain-dead and with little chance of ...

Researchers from the University of Montreal observed previously unreported spikes of neuronal activity, which they called Nu-complexes, in the EEG of one human patient in a deep coma. In order to see ...

A story from the ’80s claimed that lime Jell-O gave off brainwaves. When I mentioned this recently, I got into an argument about microtubules, consciousness and superstrings and need a quick ...

What does it mean to be “brain dead”? For years one of the hallmarks has been a lack of electrical activity in the brain, which shows up on an electroencephalogram, or EEG, as a flat line. But what if ...

Death had always seemed a relatively simple and clearly definable end to life. It came when a man stopped breathing and his heart stopped beating. Today, that definition needs added definition. With ...

I contest your statement that the “so-called ‘Lazarus phenomenon’ has never been documented in brain-dead patients” (5 August, p 6). If a flat electroencephalogram is taken as an indication of brain ...

Researchers from the University of Montreal and their colleagues have found brain activity beyond a flat line EEG, which they have called Nu-complexes (from the Greek letter Νν). According to existing ...