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            freedom from    limitations of,  9 ,     85

            and grand   mal seizure,     16 ,    183

            and ICU psychosis,   118 ,   120

            and memory,  115 ,   117 ,   141 ,   185 ,   188

            MRI of,  36

            and neuroscientific hypotheses  of  NDEs,   141–44, 185–88

            oxygenated  blood   to,  134

            reality modeled by,  80 ,    138

            and reboot  phenomenon, 142–43,  188

            reentry of,  119

            sophistication  of,  138

            subcortical regions,     188

            superpowered,    6

            surgical    repair  of,  36

            thinking    outside the brain,   85

            and true    thought,    84–85

brain death, revised definitions of, 9 , 134
brainstem damage, 187 , 188
brain waves, 158–59
Brennan, Robert, 23 , 26 , 42–43, 106

cardiac arrest, 133–34
cardiopulmonary bypass pumps, 134
cardiopulmonary resuscitation, 134
cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), 19 , 21–22
E. coli invasion of, 20
glucose level, 25
and lumbar puncture, 21–22
Chalmers, David, The Conscious Mind, 151–52
Children’s Home Society of North Carolina, 53–54, 59 , 63–64
choice, conscious, 84–85
Chuck (skydiving buddy), 3–6, 85
Cicero, 165