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Lihong Wang is affiliated with the University of Connecticut Health Center in the United States. Their research primarily lies within the broad field of Medicine, with a particular focus on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. They have also contributed to Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Biomedical Engineering, and Surgery.

The core topics in Wang's research portfolio include Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Mental Health Research Topics, Neural Dynamics and Brain Function, Cardiac Pacing and Defibrillation Studies, Cardiac Electrophysiology and Arrhythmias, Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments, and Heart Failure Treatment and Management.

Wang has published in various scientific venues, including:

  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
  • Perfusion
  • Medicine

Their recent papers represent a range of interests combining cardiology and mental health themes. Notable publications include:

  • "Increased prefrontal cortex connectivity associated with depression vulnerability and relapse," 2022, Journal of Affective Disorders
  • "Pacemaker implantation in patients with major depression, should it be of concern? A case report and literature review," 2020, BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
  • "Levosimendan administration is not associated with increased risk of bleeding and blood transfusion requirement in patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: a retrospective study from single center," 2021, Perfusion
  • "Vasoactive-inotropic agents in pediatric patients undergoing cardiac surgery: A single-center retrospective study," 2025, Medicine

Among frequent collaborators, Wang has worked with several researchers multiple times, including Yun-tai Yao, Zhuqing Zhang, Minghao Yang, Zhi-Peng Guo, and Dan Liao.

Best Publications

  • Toward discovery science of human brain function

    Bharat B. Biswal;Maarten Mennes;Xi Nian Zuo;Suril Gohel

  • Identification of MCI individuals using structural and functional connectivity networks

    Chong Yaw Wee;Pew Thian Yap;Daoqiang Zhang;Kevin Denny

  • Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex Encodes Emotional Value

    Amy Winecoff;John A. Clithero;R. McKell Carter;Sara R. Bergman

  • Delivering Happiness: Translating Positive Psychology Intervention Research for Treating Major and Minor Depressive Disorders

    Kristin Layous;Joseph Chancellor;Sonja Lyubomirsky;Lihong Wang

  • Psychological and Neural Mechanisms of Trait Mindfulness in Reducing Depression Vulnerability

    Natalie A. Paul;Steven J. Stanton;Jeffrey M. Greeson;Moria J. Smoski

  • Prefrontal mechanisms for executive control over emotional distraction are altered in major depression.

    Lihong Wang;Kevin S. LaBar;Moria Smoski;M. Zachary Rosenthal

  • Scan-rescan reliability of subcortical brain volumes derived from automated segmentation.

    Rajendra A. Morey;Elizabeth S. Selgrade;Elizabeth S. Selgrade;Henry Ryan Wagner;Henry Ryan Wagner;Scott A. Huettel

  • Enriched white matter connectivity networks for accurate identification of MCI patients.

    Chong Yaw Wee;Pew Thian Yap;Wenbin Li;Kevin Denny

  • Cortical Deactivation in Mild Cognitive Impairment: High-Field-Strength Functional MR Imaging

    Jeffrey R Petrella;Lihong Wang;Sriyesh Krishnan;Melissa J Slavin

  • Role of the inferior frontal cortex in coping with distracting emotions.

    Florin Dolcos;Philip Kragel;Lihong Wang;Gregory McCarthy

  • Group-constrained sparse fMRI connectivity modeling for mild cognitive impairment identification

    Chong Yaw Wee;Pew Thian Yap;Daoqiang Zhang;Daoqiang Zhang;Lihong Wang

  • DICCCOL: Dense Individualized and Common Connectivity-Based Cortical Landmarks

    Dajiang Zhu;Kaiming Li;Kaiming Li;Lei Guo;Xi Jiang

  • Role of inflammation in depression relapse.

    Chun-Hong Liu;Guang-Zhong Zhang;Bin Li;Meng Li

  • Neural networks and the anti-inflammatory effect of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation in depression

    Chun-Hong Liu;Ming-Hao Yang;Guang-Zhong Zhang;Xiao-Xu Wang

  • Opposing influences of emotional and non-emotional distracters upon sustained prefrontal cortex activity during a delayed-response working memory task.

    Florin Dolcos;Paul Diaz-Granados;Lihong Wang;Gregory McCarthy;Gregory McCarthy;Gregory McCarthy

  • Amygdala activation to sad pictures during high-field (4 tesla) functional magnetic resonance imaging.

    Lihong Wang;Gregory McCarthy;Allen W. Song;Kevin S. LaBar

  • Altered cerebellar-cerebral functional connectivity in geriatric depression.

    Emmanuel Alalade;Kevin Denny;Guy Potter;David Steffens

  • Resting-state multi-spectrum functional connectivity networks for identification of MCI patients.

    Chong Yaw Wee;Pew Thian Yap;Kevin Denny;Jeffrey N. Browndyke

  • Prognostic Value of Posteromedial Cortex Deactivation in Mild Cognitive Impairment

    Jeffrey R. Petrella;Steven E. Prince;Lihong Wang;Caroline Hellegers

  • Mood alters amygdala activation to sad distractors during an attentional task.

    Lihong Wang;Kevin S. LaBar;Gregory McCarthy;Gregory McCarthy

Frequent Co-Authors

Gregory McCarthy
Gregory McCarthy Yale University
Guy G. Potter
Guy G. Potter Duke University
Florin Dolcos
Florin Dolcos University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Godfrey D. Pearlson
Godfrey D. Pearlson Yale University
F. Joseph McClernon
F. Joseph McClernon Duke University
Kaiming Li
Kaiming Li Sichuan University
Ryusuke Kakigi
Ryusuke Kakigi National Institutes of Natural Sciences
Scott A. Huettel
Scott A. Huettel Duke University
Martin Walter
Martin Walter Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Tianming Liu
Tianming Liu University of Georgia

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