How long will the brain stay active after the head is severed?
No human experiments have been done to answer this, but anecdotes about the guillotine are that activity lasts up to 30 seconds.
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If the head is severed, the brain will not receive oxygen. Within 4-6 minutes without oxygen, brain death occurs.
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