Near-death experiences in cardiac arrest survivors

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 150, Issue , 2005, Pages 351-367

  French, Christopher C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDORPHIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN HYPOXIA; CONSCIOUSNESS; DEATH; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; DISSOCIATIVE FUGUE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EXPERIENCE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REVIEW; TEMPORAL LOBE; WELLBEING;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BRAIN; DEATH; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 25644455074     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(05)50025-6     Document Type: Review

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