We see the surge of activity in animals at around 30 seconds after cardiac arrest. And afterwards you do get that we essence of brain activity. But this is happening on both sides of the divide, if you will,. It's happening across the spectrum. So it's not clear to me what the timing is. This is extremely difficult to study.
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