Surge of neurophysiological coherence and connectivity in the dying brain
Jimo Borjigin, UnCheol Lee, et al. · 2013 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 110(35), 14432-14437
Summary
Rat cardiac-arrest study reporting a brief surge of organized high-frequency brain activity after cardiac arrest, suggesting the dying brain can generate neural dynamics associated with conscious processing.
Why it matters here
One of the strongest brain-based counterweights in the NDE debate because it shows near-death neural activity can become organized rather than simply switching off.
Linked claims
Hypoxia, hypercarbia, REM intrusion, endogenous DMT, and ketamine models reproduce many NDE features. Veridical cases resist the model.
A handful of veridical NDE cases are striking. The leap from 'unexplained by current models' to 'proof of afterlife' is large.
A consistent core experience — peace, light, life review, OBE — reported across cultures and prospective hospital studies.
Related evidence hubs
Evidence around dying, near-death experience, and what (if anything) continues.
Cryptomnesia, anoxia models, cold reading. Counter-anchors.
Structured experiences during cardiac arrest and crisis.
Whether anything of mind continues.
The nature of subjective experience.