Neurociência tem novas descobertas sobre o que se passa no ...
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Jimo Borjigin
Para a neurocientista <anchor>Jimo Borjigin</anchor>, foi uma surpresa: ela não podia acreditar que, embora “morrer seja uma parte essencial da vida”, não sabíamos “quase nada” sobre o cérebro em processo de morte. Ela percebeu isso há pouco mais de 10 anos por puro “acidente”.
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# Jimo Borjigin, PhD

Associate Professor, Molecular & Integrative Physiology

Associate Professor, Neurology

7732C, Medical Science II

1137 E. Catherine St.

Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5622

[borjigin@umich.edu](mailto:borjigin@umich.edu)

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[Articles ↓](#articles) [Web Sites ↓](#websites)

## Areas of Interest

The main research interests of the Borjigin lab include:

- Mechanisms of sudden cardiac arrest and the role of the brain during cardiac arrest (brain-heart coupling).
- Neural basis of covert consciousness in normal and abnormal brain states in human subjects.
- Mechanisms of endogenous DMT synthesis.
- Visualizing covert brain (and heart) activities in patients with neurological, psychological, and psychiatric disorders, to assist with their clinical prognosis, diagnosis, and treatment.

## Honors & Awards

- The John Merck Scholars Award - 1999
- Michigan Biological Sciences Scholar Program Award - 2003

## Credentials

- Ph.D., Johns Hopkins, 1994

## Published Articles or Reviews

- Xu, G., Mihaylova, T., Li, D., Tian, F., Farrehi, P.M., Parent, J.M., Mashour, G.A., Wang, M.M., **Borjigin\*, J**. Surge of neurophysiological coupling and connectivity of gamma oscillations in the dying human brain (2023). Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 2023 May 9;120(19):e2216268120. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2216268120. Epub 2023 May 1. PMID: 37126719.
- Glynos, N.G., Carter, L., Lee, S.J., Kim, Y., Kennedy, R.T., Mashour, G.A., Wang, M.M., **Borjigin\*, J**. Indolethylamine N-methyltransferase (INMT) is not essential for endogenous tryptamine-dependent methylation activity in rats (2023). Scientific Reports. 13(1):280. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-27538-y. PMID: 36609666; PMCID: PMC9822953.
- Brown, D., Xu, G., Belinky, A., Buhay, N., Blaha, M., Wang, M.M., Farrehi, P., and **Borjigin\*, J**. Electrocardiomatrix facilitates accurate detection of atrial fibrillation in stroke patients (2019), Stroke. 2019 Jul;50(7):1676-1681.
- Dean, J., Liu, T., Huff, S., Sheler, B., Barker, S.A., Strassman, R.J., Wang, M.M., and **Borjigin\*, J**. Biosynthesis and extracellular concentration of N, N-dimethyltryptamine in Mammalian Brain (2019), Scientific Reports. 2019 Jun 27;9(1):9333.
- Li D, Mabrouk OS, Liu T, Tian F, Xu G, Rengifo S, Choi SJ, Mathur A, Crooks CP, Kennedy RT, Wang MM, Ghanbari H, **Borjigin\* J**. Asphyxia-activated corticocardiac signaling accelerates onset of cardiac arrest. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Apr 6. pii: 201423936.
- **Borjigin\*, J**., Lee, U., Liu, T., Pal, D., Huff, S., Klarr, D., Sloboda, J., Hernandez, J., Wang, M.M., Mashour, G.A. Surge of neurophysiological coherence and connectivity in the dying brain (2013). Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 110(35):14432-7.

[Complete List of Publications.](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=borjigin+j&show_snippets=off&sort=date)

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