Brain Fingerprints May Facilitate Neurological Disease Detection
A scientist at EPFL (the Swiss Federal Institute for Technology) has discovered that it is possible to detect declining cognitive function by using the fingerprints of an individual’s brain. Brain fingerprints refer to the neural connections’ map as detected by brain imaging techniques. The scientist stumbled upon this discovery after noticing that the brain fingerprints in individuals suffering from cognitive decline are more difficult to detect compared to how easily the brain fingerprints of healthy subjects can be detected. Just as is the case with fingers, the brain of each individual has a unique pattern that is embedded within it,…