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Those parts of the brain don't exist, they've simply died away as a result of that lack of oxygen. >> jeff, legally, what are the big issues here? >> i think there is a factual issue in many more respects more important or determines the legal issue. that's what you're talking about with sanjay, whether she has any cognitive function at all. any judge will want that question answered first. it won't be enough simply to have her parents say we know we can communicate with her. they will need an independent evaluation whether she is like terri schiavo, completely in a persistent vegetative state...

Woman, i believe, in england, a traumatic brain injury, specific areas of the brain affected, and can render someone into a coma and seemingly unable to communicate. that's a very different situation when someone simply didn't get enough oxygen to their brain for such a long period of time, it caused cells in the brain to die. the brain can't respond because those areas of the brain, the area of the brain where you swing a racket for example, when told you're playing tennis, those parts of the brain don't exist, they've simply died away as a result of that lack of oxygen. >> jeff, legally, wha...

Minutes" on this, and put people thought to be in comas, persistent vegetative states, inside mri machines and ask them to respond to things and see areas of their brain light up in response to what's being asked. and there is a level of cognition even though we don't know there is. in this case, why shouldn't this woman's kids come and may have some deep response to them? >> when it comes to this study you were talking about, this woman, i believe, in england, a traumatic brain injury, specific areas of the brain affected, and can render someone into a coma and seemingly unable to communicate...