abstract:Brain stem death is a clinical syndrome defined by the absence of reflexes with pathways through the brain stem - the “stalk” of the brain which connects the spinal cord to the mid-brain, cerebellum and cerebral hemispheres – in a deeply comatose, ventilator-dependent, patient.
Conclusion the severe and extensiveinjuries of the axons of nerve fibers in the brainstemmight play an important role in the cause of death of gunshot.