Altered regional homogeneity in the development of minimal hepatic encephalopathy: a resting-state functional MRI study.

BACKGROUND: Little is known about how spontaneous brain activity progresses from non-hepatic encephalopathy (non-HE) to minimal HE (MHE). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the evolution pattern of spontaneous brain activities in cirrhotic patients using resting-state fMRI with a regional hom...

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Main Authors: Ling Ni, Rongfeng Qi, Long Jiang Zhang, Jianhui Zhong, Gang Zheng, Zhiqiang Zhang, Yuan Zhong, Qiang Xu, Wei Liao, Qing Jiao, Xingjiang Wu, Xinxin Fan, Guang Ming Lu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3404989?pdf=render