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Qwark said:

https://www.google.nl/amp/io9.com/5877531/how-exactly-do-neurons-pass-signals-through-your-nervous-system/amp

 

It's a bit if a long article but from t I understand of it (I am not especially great in biology) is that nerve cells send electrical pulses using sodium a negative ion and calcium a positive ion to create an electrical signal/stream because the electrons travel from on end to the other if stimulated and is other wise in a stable condition. In a way a nerve acts a bit like semiconductor.

But the most important thing is the electrical energy is chemically generated so when you die those currents stop because the state of nerves doesn't change anymore and no signal is send anymore. When you die these chemicals are still within you with the same potential thus the energy is not lost. It is simply locked like a nerve cell which isn't triggered. 

Good artical, but it only explains the process of communication between the brain and the body.



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