most Western neurologists will tell you, “Brain death is death.” The obvious question, then, is, How do physicians determine when someone’s brain has stopped functioning? Differences in standards ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

Brain death determination sits at the fraught intersection of critical-care medicine, ethics, and organ-donation logistics. Missteps risk either prolonging mechanical support with no prospect of ...

A 52 year-old man developed a massive gastrointestinal bleed followed by hypotension and a subsequent cardiac arrest. Following the arrest, he was in a coma. However, all of his brainstem reflexes ...

Reflex modification audiometry (RMA) is an objective technique for assessing hearing acuity by determining whether the reflexive eyeblink, elicited by a tap to the glabella, is augmented by an ...

"This study elegantly shows how analysis of eye movement sheds more light on brain plasticity- an ability that is at the core of the brain's capacity to adapt and function. More specifically, it shows ...