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Huafu Chen is affiliated with the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. Their research predominantly spans the fields of Neuroscience and Medicine, with a particular focus on Cognitive Neuroscience, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Neurology.

The main topics in Huafu Chen's body of work include Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications, Neural Dynamics and Brain Function, Mental Health Research Topics, Neurological Disorders and Treatments, Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications, and Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases.

Chen has contributed to multiple recent scientific papers, including:

  • Resting state functional network switching rate is differently altered in bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder (2020, Human Brain Mapping)
  • The thalamic functional gradient and its relationship to structural basis and cognitive relevance (2020, NeuroImage)
  • Progressive brain structural alterations assessed via causal analysis in patients with generalized anxiety disorder (2020, Neuropsychopharmacology)
  • Temporal variability profiling of the default mode across epilepsy subtypes (2020, Epilepsia)
  • Cortical patterning of morphometric similarity gradient reveals diverged hierarchical organization in sensory-motor cortices (2021, Cell Reports)

Frequent co-authors cooperating with Chen include Wei Sheng, Jing Guo, Qian Cui, and Siqi Yang, reflecting a collaborative research environment contributing to various neuropsychiatric and neuroimaging topics.

Their research has been disseminated through several notable publication venues, such as:

  • Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Human Brain Mapping
  • Cerebral Cortex
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Best Publications

  • Altered functional–structural coupling of large-scale brain networks in idiopathic generalized epilepsy

    Zhiqiang Zhang;Wei Liao;Huafu Chen;Dante Mantini

  • Altered Functional Connectivity and Small-World in Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

    Wei-Ting Liao;Zhiqiang Zhang;Zhengyong Pan;Dante Mantini;Dante Mantini

  • Default mode network abnormalities in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy: a study combining fMRI and DTI.

    Wei Liao;Zhiqiang Zhang;Zhengyong Pan;Dante Mantini

  • Multivariate classification of social anxiety disorder using whole brain functional connectivity

    Feng Liu;Wenbin Guo;Jean-Paul Fouche;Jean-Paul Fouche;Yifeng Wang

  • Selective aberrant functional connectivity of resting state networks in social anxiety disorder.

    Wei Liao;Huafu Chen;Yuanbo Feng;Dante Mantini

  • Dynamic functional network connectivity in idiopathic generalized epilepsy with generalized tonic–clonic seizure

    Feng Liu;Yifeng Wang;Meiling Li;Wenqin Wang

  • Association of cerebral deficits with clinical symptoms in antipsychotic-naive first-episode schizophrenia: An optimized voxel-based morphometry and resting state functional connectivity study

    Su Lui;Wei Deng;Xiaoqi Huang;Lijun Jiang

  • Cortical structural differences in major depressive disorder correlate with cell type-specific transcriptional signatures.

    Jiao Li;Jakob Seidlitz;John Suckling;Feiyang Fan

  • IL4-driven microglia modulate stress resilience through BDNF-dependent neurogenesis.

    Jinqiang Zhang;Jinqiang Zhang;Peijing Rong;Lijuan Zhang;Hui He

  • Altered spontaneous neuronal activity of the default-mode network in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy

    Zhiqiang Zhang;Guangming Lu;Yuan Zhong;Qifu Tan

  • Inter-modality relationship constrained multi-modality multi-task feature selection for Alzheimer's Disease and mild cognitive impairment identification

    Feng Liu;Chong Yaw Wee;Huafu Chen;Dinggang Shen;Dinggang Shen

  • Abnormal amplitude low-frequency oscillations in medication-naive, first-episode patients with major depressive disorder: A resting-state fMRI study

    Feng Liu;Wenbin Guo;Wenbin Guo;Ling Liu;Zhiliang Long

  • Evaluating the effective connectivity of resting state networks using conditional Granger causality

    Wei Liao;Dante Mantini;Zhiqiang Zhang;Zhengyong Pan

  • FMRI Study of Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Using Amplitude of Low-Frequency Fluctuation Analysis

    Zhiqiang Zhang;Guangming Lu;Yuan Zhong;Qifu Tan

  • Nonlinear connectivity by Granger causality.

    Daniele Marinazzo;Wei Liao;Huafu Chen;Sebastiano Stramaglia;Sebastiano Stramaglia

  • Altered Effective Connectivity Network of the Amygdala in Social Anxiety Disorder: A Resting-State fMRI Study

    Wei Liao;Changjian Qiu;Claudio Gentili;Martin Walter

  • Multivariate classification of autism spectrum disorder using frequency-specific resting-state functional connectivity--A multi-center study.

    Heng Chen;Xujun Duan;Feng Liu;Fengmei Lu

  • Small-world directed networks in the human brain: multivariate Granger causality analysis of resting-state fMRI.

    Wei Liao;Jurong Ding;Daniele Marinazzo;Qiang Xu

  • Evaluation of effective connectivity of motor areas during motor imagery and execution using conditional Granger causality

    Qing Gao;Xujun Duan;Huafu Chen;Huafu Chen

  • Alterations of the amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations in treatment-resistant and treatment-response depression: a resting-state fMRI study.

    Wen-bin Guo;Feng Liu;Zhi-min Xue;Xi-jia Xu

  • Regional increases of cortical thickness in untreated, first-episode major depressive disorder.

    L Qiu;S Lui;W Kuang;X Huang

Frequent Co-Authors

Wei Liao
Wei Liao University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Xujun Duan
Xujun Duan University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Feng Liu
Feng Liu Tianjin Medical University General Hospital
Dezhong Yao
Dezhong Yao University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Qiyong Gong
Qiyong Gong Sichuan University
Wenbin Guo
Wenbin Guo Central South University
Bharat B. Biswal
Bharat B. Biswal New Jersey Institute of Technology
Xiaoqi Huang
Xiaoqi Huang Sichuan University
Su Lui
Su Lui Sichuan University
Zhening Liu
Zhening Liu Central South University

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