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Chao-Gan Yan

Chao-Gan Yan

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Neuroscience

D-Index
48
Citations
22614
World Ranking
6072
National Ranking
92

Overview

Chao-Gan Yan is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and focuses extensively on research within neuroscience and medicine. Their work spans multiple subfields including cognitive neuroscience, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, experimental and cognitive psychology, neurology, and psychiatry and mental health.

The scientist's research emphasizes functional brain connectivity studies, mental health research topics, advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications, neural dynamics and brain function, as well as treatment approaches for major depression and investigations into mind wandering and attention.

Chao-Gan Yan has contributed to numerous publications, with frequent appearances in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • NeuroImage
  • Science Bulletin
  • Translational Psychiatry
  • Psychological Medicine

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Chao-Gan Yan include:

  • Disrupted intrinsic functional brain topology in patients with major depressive disorder, 2021, Molecular Psychiatry
  • Altered resting-state dynamic functional brain networks in major depressive disorder: Findings from the REST-meta-MDD consortium, 2020, NeuroImage Clinical
  • Biotypes of major depressive disorder: Neuroimaging evidence from resting-state default mode network patterns, 2020, NeuroImage Clinical
  • The subsystem mechanism of default mode network underlying rumination: A reproducible neuroimaging study, 2020, NeuroImage
  • The DIRECT consortium and the REST-meta-MDD project: towards neuroimaging biomarkers of major depressive disorder, 2022, Psychoradiology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Chao-Gan Yan include Xiao Chen, F. Xavier Castellanos, Qiyong Gong, Yicheng Long, and Chunming Xie.

Their main scientific domains cover:

  • Neuroscience
  • Medicine

Subfields of focus are:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Neurology
  • Psychiatry and Mental health

Main topics studied by Chao-Gan Yan are:

  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • Treatment of Major Depression
  • Mind wandering and attention

Best Publications

  • DPARSF: A MATLAB Toolbox for “Pipeline” Data Analysis of Resting-State fMRI

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  • DPABI: Data Processing & Analysis for (Resting-State) Brain Imaging.

    Chao-Gan Yan;Xin-Di Wang;Xi-Nian Zuo;Yu-Feng Zang

  • REST: A Toolkit for Resting-State Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Data Processing

    Xiao-Wei Song;Zhang-Ye Dong;Xiang-Yu Long;Su-Fang Li

  • A Comprehensive Assessment of Regional Variation in the Impact of Head Micromovements on Functional Connectomics

    Chao-Gan Yan;Brian Cheung;Clare Kelly;Stanley J. Colcombe

  • The NKI-Rockland Sample: A Model for Accelerating the Pace of Discovery Science in Psychiatry.

    Kate Brody Nooner;Kate Brody Nooner;Stanley J. Colcombe;Russell H. Tobe;Maarten Mennes;Maarten Mennes

  • Reduced default mode network functional connectivity in patients with recurrent major depressive disorder.

    Chao-Gan Yan;Xiao Chen;Le Li;Francisco Xavier Castellanos

  • Uncovering Intrinsic Modular Organization of Spontaneous Brain Activity in Humans

    Yong-yong He;Jinhui Wang;Liang Wang;Zhang J. Chen

  • Rumination and the default mode network: Meta-analysis of brain imaging studies and implications for depression

    Hui-Xia Zhou;Xiao Chen;Yang-Qian Shen;Le Li

  • Imaging human connectomes at the macroscale

    R Cameron Craddock;Saad Jbabdi;Chao-Gan Yan;Chao-Gan Yan;Chao-Gan Yan;Joshua T Vogelstein

  • Standardizing the intrinsic brain: Towards robust measurement of inter-individual variation in 1000 functional connectomes

    Chao Gan Yan;R. Cameron Craddock;R. Cameron Craddock;Xi Nian Zuo;Yu Feng Zang

  • Hemisphere- and gender-related differences in small-world brain networks: a resting-state functional MRI study.

    Lixia Tian;Jinhui Wang;Chaogan Yan;Yong He

  • Spontaneous brain activity in the default mode network is sensitive to different resting-state conditions with limited cognitive load.

    Chaogan Yan;Dongqiang Liu;Yong-yong He;Qihong Zou

  • RESTplus: an improved toolkit for resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging data processing

    Xi-Ze Jia;Jue Wang;Hai-Yang Sun;Han Zhang;Han Zhang

  • Reproducibility of R-fMRI metrics on the impact of different strategies for multiple comparison correction and sample sizes.

    Xiao Chen;Bin Lu;Chao-Gan Yan

  • Discriminative analysis of early Alzheimer's disease using multi-modal imaging and multi-level characterization with multi-classifier (M3).

    Zhengjia Dai;Chaogan Yan;Zhiqun Wang;Jinhui Wang

  • Identifying and Mapping Connectivity Patterns of Brain Network Hubs in Alzheimer's Disease

    Zhengjia Dai;Chaogan Yan;Kuncheng Li;Zhiqun Wang

  • Spatiotemporal structure of intracranial electric fields induced by transcranial electric stimulation in humans and nonhuman primates.

    Alexander Opitz;Alexander Opitz;Arnaud Falchier;Chao Gan Yan;Chao Gan Yan;Erin M. Yeagle

  • Spatial patterns of intrinsic brain activity in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease: a resting-state functional MRI study.

    Zhiqun Wang;Chaogan Yan;Cheng Zhao;Zhigang Qi

  • Fisher discriminative analysis of resting-state brain function for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

    Chao-Zhe Zhu;Yu-Feng Zang;Yu-Feng Zang;Qing-Jiu Cao;Chao-Gan Yan

  • Sex- and Brain Size–Related Small-World Structural Cortical Networks in Young Adults: A DTI Tractography Study

    Chaogan Yan;Gaolang Gong;Jinhui Wang;Deyi Wang

  • Effects of Different Correlation Metrics and Preprocessing Factors on Small-World Brain Functional Networks: A Resting-State Functional MRI Study

    Xia Liang;Jinhui Wang;Chaogan Yan;Ni Shu

Frequent Co-Authors

Yu-Feng Zang
Yu-Feng Zang Hangzhou Normal University
Michael P. Milham
Michael P. Milham Child Mind Institute
Xi-Nian Zuo
Xi-Nian Zuo Beijing Normal University
Yong He
Yong He Beijing Normal University
Xiao Chen
Xiao Chen Zhejiang University
Qiyong Gong
Qiyong Gong Sichuan University
Wenbin Guo
Wenbin Guo Central South University
Jiang Qiu
Jiang Qiu Southwest University
R. Cameron Craddock
R. Cameron Craddock Facebook (United States)
Yonggui Yuan
Yonggui Yuan Southeast University

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