Brain Cell Death

 Sleep Deprivation:

25% (In brain stem [LC cells]) brain neuron loss from 3 day fragmented sleep (4-5 hours/day)

40% (In brain stem [LC cells]) brain neuron loss from 4 days without sleep

Blunt Force Trauma:

7% strained neurons die after 12 hours

12% strained neurons die after 7 hours

All strained neurons die after 2.5 days

50 joule (kinetic energy) impact to head has 5% chance of causing unconsciousness

30 joule (kinetic energy) impact to head can cause brain damage if repetitive

80 joule (kinetic energy) impact to head has 50% chance of causing unconsciousness

All unconsciousness from blunt force trauma is brain damage

Oxygen Deprivation:

Brain cells begin to die after 1 minute without oxygen (or when unconsciousness occurs)

Unconsciousness occurs after 30-180 seconds without oxygen

Average person can hold breathe for 30(SD=10) seconds

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