Complex swine brains opening the door for neuroscience
A new study has partially revived cellular function in 32 pig brains, questioning the long-held definition of brain death and opening up new opportunities for restoration of brain function.References | ||||
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Zvonimir Vrselja, Stefano G. Daniele, John Silbereis, Francesca Talpo, Yury M. Morozov, André M. M. Sousa, Brian S. Tanaka, Mario Skarica, Mihovil Pletikos, Navjot Kaur, Zhen W. Zhuang, Zhao Liu, Rafeed Alkawadri, Albert J. Sinusas, Stephen R. Latham, Stephen G. Waxman & Nenad Sestan | ||||
(2019) | Restoration of brain circulation and cellular functions hours post-mortem. Nature, 568:336–343 |