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"The study was supported by the University and University Hospital of Liege, the Belgian National Funds for Scientific Research (FRS‐FNRS), the European Union's Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for Research and Innovation under the Specific Grant Agreement No. 945539 (Human Brain Project SGA3), the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office (BELSPO) in the framework of the PRODEX Programme, “Fondazione Europea di Ricerca Biomedica”, the BIAL Foundation, the Mind Science Foundation and the European Commission, the fund Generet, the King Baudouin Foundation, AstraZeneca Foundation, and DOCMA project [EU‐H2020‐MSCA–RISE–778234]. We thank the whole teams of the intensive care, MRI and PET departments of the University Hospital of Liege, especially Didier Ledoux, Paul Massion, Claire Bernard, Roland Hustinx and Jean‐Flory Luaba Tshibanda. We also thank all the volunteers, the patients and their families. R.P., C.A., B.C. and L.S. are research fellows, A.T. is a post‐doctoral fellow, O.G. is research associate and S.L. is research director at the F.R.S‐FNRS. B.C. is supported by the GIGA Doctoral School for Health Sciences, ULiège. M.M.B. is supported by the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) and the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé (FRQS)."