Brain Cells Come Alive Even Hours After Death Due To Zombie Gene, Study Finds

Researchers have confirmed that the human brain continues working even after the death of a person. That seems a zombie-like behaviour, but researchers have found a non-zombie logic behind this phenomenon.

As per the new paper published in Scientific Reports - non-neuronal cells (glial cells), that are the part of the Central Nervous System (CNS), become active after a few hours of a person's death.

These brain cells also start showing certain modifications like growing of appendages ...

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