Researchers at the Paris Brain Institute have conducted a groundbreaking study on the processes that occur in the brain as it transitions from life to death, particularly focusing on a phenomenon called the “wave of death.” The study, published in the journal Neurobiology of Disease, reveals that the final cessation of brain activity involves a dramatic wave of neuronal depolarization, which could potentially inform interventions in cases of acute brain injury and cardiorespiratory arrest. Understanding the brain’s response to severe oxygen deprivation has long been a subject of intense resear…