Do reports of consciousness during cardiac arrest hold the key to discovering the nature of consciousness?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 933-937

  Parnia, Sam ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN PERFUSION; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CONSCIOUSNESS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HEART ARREST; HEART OUTPUT; HEART PERFUSION; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LONG TERM CARE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MEMORY; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THEORY;

BRAIN; CONSCIOUSNESS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 34547876544     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2007.01.076     Document Type: Article

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