title: Brain death. Occurs only with destruction of the cerebral hemispheres and the brain stem.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine (Neurology), Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Bernat
mesh_terms: D001926:Brain Death; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003643:Death; D006801:Humans