Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 182, Issue 1 , Pages 30-39 , 30 April 2010

Bilateral functional asymmetry disparity in positive and negative schizophrenia revealed by resting-state fMRI

  • Ming Ke

      Affiliations

    • College of Computer and Communication, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730050, PR China
    • College of Mechatronics and Automation, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, Hunan, 410073, PR China
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  • Ran Zou

      Affiliations

    • The Second Xiangya Hospital of Center South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410008, PR China
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  • Hui Shen

      Affiliations

    • College of Mechatronics and Automation, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, Hunan, 410073, PR China
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  • Xing Huang

      Affiliations

    • College of Mechatronics and Automation, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, Hunan, 410073, PR China
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  • Zongtan Zhou

      Affiliations

    • College of Mechatronics and Automation, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, Hunan, 410073, PR China
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  • Zhening Liu

      Affiliations

    • The Second Xiangya Hospital of Center South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410008, PR China
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  • Zhimin Xue

      Affiliations

    • The Second Xiangya Hospital of Center South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410008, PR China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding authors. Hu, is to contacted at College of Mechatronics and Automation, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, Hunan, 410073, PR China. Tel.: +86 731 457 4992, +86 731 457 4977; fax: +86 731 457 4992. Xue, Tel./fax: +86 731 529 4036.
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  • Dewen Hu

      Affiliations

    • College of Mechatronics and Automation, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, Hunan, 410073, PR China
    • National Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, PR China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding authors. Hu, is to contacted at College of Mechatronics and Automation, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, Hunan, 410073, PR China. Tel.: +86 731 457 4992, +86 731 457 4977; fax: +86 731 457 4992. Xue, Tel./fax: +86 731 529 4036.

Received 2 March 2008 ,Revised 4 September 2009 ,Accepted 11 November 2009.

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☆ The authors wish it to be known that, in their opinion, the first three authors should be regarded jointly as first authors.

PII: S0925-4927(09)00270-4

doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2009.11.004

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 182, Issue 1 , Pages 30-39 , 30 April 2010

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