Michael Jackson Buried Without Brain - Opinion 1
The UK Mirror reported on July 5, 2009, that Michael Jackson would be buried without his brain. We asked you, our readers, what you thought, and here is what you told us.
This Procedure is Standard Medical Practice
By William Charles St. James, M.D., Ph.D.
As a doctor and a professor at a leading research institution, the news that Michael Jackson will be buried without his brain comes as no surprise to me.
It is standard practice in a situation such as this to remove the brain and perform various tests on it once it has sufficiently hardened. I imagine that the laboratory technicians will test the tissue looking for evidence of past overdoses, a history of drug and alcohol abuse, signs of a genetic predisposition for dancing, and traces of dopamine and serotonin in certain key areas of the brain.
Laymen are often amazed at how far neuropathology has come in just the past few years. Once the brain has hardened, neuropathologists can slice the brain into thin layers and make some rather impressive observations; both with the naked eye and with the aid of sensitive imagine equipment.
Due to the permanent damage that the brain suffers as a result of a drug or alcohol overdose, it is possible, by analyzing the dead tissue, to pinpoint the with near certainty extent of the overdose as well as how recent the overdose was to the time of brain death. The imaging techniques are so advanced, that it would be possible for the results to indicate that Mr. Jackson had overdosed on just over 1g of cocaine on January 28, 1989, at 4:39 a.m., after doing lines off several whores’ asses with Rick James and Prince.
Further tests would obviously be needed to confirm whether or not Mr. James and Mr. Prince had suffered similar overdoses, or alternatively if Mr. Jackson was just a pussy who couldn’t handle his shit.
These sophisticated imaging techniques could also indicate a long history of past alcohol and drug abuse. Testing would reveal when Mr. Jackson began abusing substances and could also indicate times of particular excess.
For example, neuropathologists will likely find that Mr. Jackson began using alcohol heavily by age 8, to cope with the stress of performing with The Jackson Five. My personal opinion, as a medical professional, is that the tests will show that he switched to cocaine shortly after puberty to adjust for his sudden increase in testosterone while maintaining a constant, clean high.
This is a fairly common practice among child stars, and I would be surprised not to find it in this case. I would also expect to see a drastic increase in substance abuse during the years 2004 and 2005.
This would coincide with his trial and the wild parties he threw at Neverland Ranch to celebrate his acquittal of the clearly false molestation charges. Since most of the guests invited to the festivities were underage, I imagine that Mr. Jackson was forced to consume the vast majority of the cocaine and alcohol that had been delivered for the occasion. This would probably be evident from the tests.
The initial images of Mr. Jackson’s brain will be given to a geneticist along with a sample of DNA extracted from the brain for further tests. These tests may finally prove the long suspected link between genetics and an amazing moonwalk.
When Mr. Jackson’s DNA is compared to the frozen DNA of Fred Astaire, Sammy Davis, Jr., and Patrick Swayze, geneticists suspect to find key similarities. This could potentially unlock natures secret to the perfect “robot” or the blue print for a truer than life “worm.”
Most promising of all, would be the discovery of the gene that determines how sexy and toned a man’s legs are. It is hoped that this information could lead to life changing medication that would allow paraplegics to walk or at least translate into an over the counter vitamin to make talentless kids better at tap dancing.
Cutting edge tests will also be done to track his brain’s management of neurotransmitters such as dopamine and serotonin. With the latest and most sensitive imaging techniques, neuropathalogists can now actually trace the separate and distinct paths left by individual molecules of dopamine.
This means that technicians could follow the path that any single dopamine molecule took as a result of Mr. Jackson fondling a young boy. They could learn, for example, quantitatively how sexy Mr. Jackson felt standing naked in the moonlight before a six year old boy or the exact amount of dopamine released when he played “hide the peanut” with the child.
Simply put, the tests that will be performed on Mr. Jackson’s disembodied brain will not only shed light on his tragic death, but further general neurological science as well.
