title: Pathophysiology of brain death: what does the brain do and what is lost in brain death?
authors.affiliation: Critical Care Medicine, Departments of Critical Care Medicine, Neurology & Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Electronic address: shutterla@upmc.edu.
authors.forename: Lori
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Shutter
mesh_terms: D001364:Awareness / Q000502:physiology; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D001926:Brain Death / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology; D004703:Endocrine System / Q000502:physiology; D006613:Higher Nervous Activity / Q000502:physiology; D006728:Hormones / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D002534:Hypoxia, Brain / Q000175:diagnosis; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000379:methods; D012018:Reflex / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D006728:Hormones