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Neural Dynamics during Anoxia and the “Wave of Death”
Zandt, Bas-Jan and Haken ten, Bennie and Dijk van, J. Gert and Putten van, Michel J.A.M (2011) Neural Dynamics during Anoxia and the “Wave of Death”. Plos One, 6 (7). e22127. ISSN 1932-6203
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| Abstract: | Recent experiments in rats have shown the occurrence of a high amplitude slow brain wave in the EEG approximately 1 minute after decapitation, with a duration of 5–15 s (van Rijn et al, PLoS One 6, e16514, 2011) that was presumed to signify the death of brain neurons. We present a computational model of a single neuron and its intra- and extracellular ion concentrations, which shows the physiological mechanism for this observation. The wave is caused by membrane potential oscillations, that occur after the cessation of activity of the sodium-potassium pumps has lead to an excess of extracellular potassium. These oscillations can be described by the Hodgkin-Huxley equations for the sodium and potassium channels, and result in a sudden change in mean membrane voltage. In combination with a high-pass filter, this sudden depolarization leads to a wave in the EEG. We discuss that this process is not necessarily irreversible |
| Item Type: | Article |
| Copyright: | © 2011 The Author(s) |
| Faculty: | Science and Technology (TNW) |
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| Link to this item: | http://purl.utwente.nl/publications/77793 |
| Official URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022127 |
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