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EPFL scientists are developing a completely new “brain stress test” for evaluating the mental status of patients with Parkinson’s disease, the second most prevalent neurodegenerative disease worldwide. It involves awakening the “ghosts” hidden in specific networks of the brain to predict the onset of hallucinations.

EPFL scientists are developing a completely new “brain stress test” for evaluating the mental status of patients with Parkinson’s disease, the second most prevalent neurodegenerative disease worldwide. It involves awakening the “ghosts” hidden in specific networks of the brain to predict the onset of hallucinations. Neuroscientist Olaf Blanke.

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Research and Tech Transfer , Robotics, Research and Tech Transfer, Neuroscience
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EPFL - Alain Herzog
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CC0 Licence
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April 28, 2021
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Awakening “ghosts” in patients with Parkinson's

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