Structural and functional abnormalities of default mode network in minimal hepatic encephalopathy: a study combining DTI and fMRI.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Live failure can cause brain edema and aberrant brain function in cirrhotic patients. In particular, decreased functional connectivity within the brain default-mode network (DMN) has been recently reported in overt hepatic encephalopathy (HE) patients. However, so far, little...

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Main Authors: Rongfeng Qi, Qiang Xu, Long Jiang Zhang, Jianhui Zhong, Gang Zheng, Shengyong Wu, Zhiqiang Zhang, Wei Liao, Yuan Zhong, Ling Ni, Qing Jiao, Zongjun Zhang, Yijun Liu, Guangming Lu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3401202?pdf=render