Altered Effective Connectivity Network of the Basal Ganglia in Low-Grade Hepatic Encephalopathy: A Resting-State fMRI Study with Granger Causality Analysis

• Rongfeng Qi ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Rongfeng Qi, Long Jiang Zhang

  Affiliation Department of Medical Imaging, Jinling Hospital, Clinical School of Medical College, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China

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• Long Jiang Zhang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Rongfeng Qi, Long Jiang Zhang

  * E-mail: kevinzhanglongjiang@yahoo.com.cn (LJZ); cjr.luguangming@vip.163.com (GL)

  Affiliation Department of Medical Imaging, Jinling Hospital, Clinical School of Medical College, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China

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• Jianhui Zhong,

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China

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• Zhiqiang Zhang,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Imaging, Jinling Hospital, Clinical School of Medical College, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China

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• Ling Ni,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Imaging, Jinling Hospital, Clinical School of Medical College, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China

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• Qing Jiao,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Imaging, Jinling Hospital, Clinical School of Medical College, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China

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• Wei Liao,

  Affiliation Center for Cognition and Brain Disorders and the Affiliated Hospital, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China

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• Gang Zheng,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Imaging, Jinling Hospital, Clinical School of Medical College, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China

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• Guangming Lu

  * E-mail: kevinzhanglongjiang@yahoo.com.cn (LJZ); cjr.luguangming@vip.163.com (GL)

  Affiliation Department of Medical Imaging, Jinling Hospital, Clinical School of Medical College, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China

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