The "soul" stuff

[Cato]

So is there something leaving our body when we die? That cannot return if we "undie" physically?

No, nothing leaves the body. Neurons die.

After successful cardiopulmonary resuscitation, cerebral recirculation disturbances and complex metabolic postreflow derangements lead to death of vulnerable neurons with further deterioration of cerebral outcome. This article discusses recent research efforts on the pathophysiology of brain injury caused by cardiac arrest and reviews the beneficial effect of therapeutic hypothermia on neurologic outcome along with the recent approach to prognosticate long-term outcome by electrophysiologic techniques and molecular markers of brain injury.

http://www.wakeems.com/ICE/Hypothermia/h...arrest.pdf