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What’s in a Name?

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We discuss some of the fallacies in neurology and the problems of naming diseases using the analogy of alchemy. We also delve into the complexity of the brain and begin to unravel why it is such a difficult problem for science to solve.

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  1. Chair of the Patient Advisory Board at Rune Labs, Benjamin Stecher Advocacy Group, Thornhill, ON, Canada

    Benjamin Stecher

  2. Edmond J. Safra Program in Parkinson’s Disease, Morton and Gloria Shulman Movement Disorders Clinic, Toronto Western Hospital, UHN, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Alfonso Fasano

  3. Division of Neurology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Alfonso Fasano

  4. Krembil Brain Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Alfonso Fasano

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Stecher, B., Fasano, A. (2024). What’s in a Name?. In: Reprogramming the Brain. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-50399-3_1

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