Primary studyMemory & the brain

Restoration of brain circulation and cellular functions hours post-mortem

Nature Portfolio · 2019 · Indexed 8 October 2026

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What this contributes

Restores circulation and selected cellular functions in isolated pig brains after death.

The boundary of the evidence

Cellular function is not evidence of restored consciousness.

Why it belongs here

Engram research, brain decoding and connectomics investigate different parts of how brains encode and use information. Tissue preservation adds another line of inquiry. None of the sources indexed here demonstrates transfer of autobiographical memory into yeast or continuation of a person's consciousness.

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