Microstructure Abnormalities in Adolescents with Internet Addiction Disorder

Kai Yuan; Wei Qin; Guihong Wang; Fang Zeng; Liyan Zhao; Xuejuan Yang; Peng Liu; Jixin Liu; Jinbo Sun; Karen M. von Deneen; Qiyong Gong; Yijun Liu; Jie Tian

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0020708

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Microstructure Abnormalities in Adolescents with Internet Addiction Disorder

Kai Yuan,

Affiliation School of Life Sciences and Technology, Life Sciences Research Center, Xidian University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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Wei Qin,

Affiliation School of Life Sciences and Technology, Life Sciences Research Center, Xidian University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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Guihong Wang,

Affiliations School of Life Sciences and Technology, Life Sciences Research Center, Xidian University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China, Department of Applied Mathematics, Xidian University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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Fang Zeng,

Affiliation The 3rd Teaching Hospital, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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Liyan Zhao,

Affiliation National Institute on Drug Dependence, Peking University, Beijing, China
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Xuejuan Yang,

Affiliation School of Life Sciences and Technology, Life Sciences Research Center, Xidian University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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Peng Liu,

Affiliation School of Life Sciences and Technology, Life Sciences Research Center, Xidian University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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Jixin Liu,

Affiliation School of Life Sciences and Technology, Life Sciences Research Center, Xidian University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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Jinbo Sun,

Affiliation School of Life Sciences and Technology, Life Sciences Research Center, Xidian University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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Karen M. von Deneen,

Affiliation School of Life Sciences and Technology, Life Sciences Research Center, Xidian University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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Qiyong Gong,

Affiliation Department of Radiology, The Center for Medical Imaging, Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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Yijun Liu ,

* E-mail: yijunliu@ufl.edu (YL); tian@ieee.org (JT)

Affiliation Departments of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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Jie Tian

* E-mail: yijunliu@ufl.edu (YL); tian@ieee.org (JT)

Affiliations School of Life Sciences and Technology, Life Sciences Research Center, Xidian University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Microstructure Abnormalities in Adolescents with Internet Addiction Disorder

Kai Yuan,
Wei Qin,
Guihong Wang,
Fang Zeng,
Liyan Zhao,
Xuejuan Yang,
Peng Liu,
Jixin Liu,
Jinbo Sun,
Karen M. von Deneen

Published: June 3, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0020708

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