What Happens When You're About to Die?

This week Reactions is checking out some scary slasher science and what happens when you're about to die. Your body chemistry does a lot of crazy stuff when you're in the face of danger. This one goes out to all of our slasher flick fans out there. We love horror films here at Reactions, so in honor of all of those chased by monsters, villains, and zombies out there, we decided to take a closer look at what happens chemically in your brain and body right before you die. After you watch the video, do us a huge favor and post your favorite slasher flick down in the comments. Happy Halloween!

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Writer & Producer:
Kirk Zamieroski

Executive Producer:
Adam Dylewski

Scientific consultants:
Abby Marsh, Ph.D.
Darcy Gentleman, Ph.D.
Sophia Cai

Sources:
Amygdala - http://thebrain.mcgill.ca/flash/a/a_04/a_04_cr/a_04_cr_peu/a_04_cr_peu.html

Fear in the brain -
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8136063

Fight or Flight - http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/cells/fight_flight/

Screams in the Brain -
http://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822(15)00737-X

On Pain -
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK10967/

Near Death Brain-surge -
http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/brain-metrics/could_a_final_surge_in

End of life electrical surges -
http://www.pnas.org/content/110/44/E4123.full

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