The phrase "loss of brain function" is grammatically correct and commonly used in written English.
It is typically used to describe a condition or situation where someone experiences a decline in their cognitive abilities. Here is an example: "The patient's diagnosis was a loss of brain function due to a stroke, causing difficulty with memory and decision-making."
I haven't had a stroke yet; stroke is loss of brain function.
State laws stipulate that donors must be declared dead before donation, based on either total loss of brain function or heart function that is irreversible.
Dr. Knopman said it was not clear how the two conditions, diabetes and hypertension, which affect million of Americans, might cause a loss of brain function.
According to the American Veterinary Medical Association, euthanasia "should result in rapid loss of consciousness followed by cardiac or respiratory arrest and the ultimate loss of brain function".
The research also suggests that loss of brain function in people under 20 brought on by binge drinking increases their chances of becoming alcoholics in later life, Chick added.
Concussion, a temporary loss of brain function typically resulting from a relatively mild injury to the brain, not necessarily associated with unconsciousness.
Conclusions: The injection of MPTP can cause a loss of brain functions including learning and memory.
This suggests that there may be concern (or confusion) about whether BD marks the point of irreversible loss of brain functions.
A patient is declared brain dead (BD) when physicians determine permanent loss of brain functions.
The hippocampus and cerebral cortex are involved in memory and cognition, and these brain regions are, therefore, commonly used as experimental systems for studies of Alzheimer's disease and loss of higher brain function.
The gradual loss of olfactory responses in old age is probably at least in part due to the loss of central brain function [ 42, 43].
