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Zhening Liu is affiliated with Central South University in China and has an extensive publication record primarily within the fields of Medicine, Neuroscience, and Psychology. Their research focus spans several detailed subfields, including Cognitive Neuroscience, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Clinical Psychology.

The scientist's work covers a broad spectrum of topics, with particular emphasis on Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Mental Health Research Topics, Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications, Schizophrenia Research and Treatment, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications, and Neural Dynamics and Brain Function.

Zhening Liu has authored or coauthored papers published in several frequent venues, notably:

  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • BMC Psychiatry
  • Schizophrenia Bulletin

Their collaboration network includes frequent coauthors such as Yicheng Long, Jie Yang, Lena Palaniyappan, Xuan Ouyang, and Zhipeng Wu.

Some recent papers exemplifying their research contributions include:

  • The associations between modifiable risk factors and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: A comprehensive Mendelian randomization study (2022), published in Hepatology
  • Altered resting-state dynamic functional brain networks in major depressive disorder: Findings from the REST-meta-MDD consortium (2020), published in NeuroImage Clinical
  • Biotypes of major depressive disorder: Neuroimaging evidence from resting-state default mode network patterns (2020), published in NeuroImage Clinical
  • The DIRECT consortium and the REST-meta-MDD project: towards neuroimaging biomarkers of major depressive disorder (2022), published in Psychoradiology
  • Neuroimaging biomarkers define neurophysiological subtypes with distinct trajectories in schizophrenia (2023), published in Nature Mental Health

Best Publications

  • Disrupted small-world networks in schizophrenia.

    Yong Liu;Meng Liang;Yuan Zhou;Yong He

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

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

  • Functional disintegration in paranoid schizophrenia using resting-state fMRI

    Yuan Zhou;Meng Liang;Lixia Tian;Kun Wang

  • Widespread functional disconnectivity in schizophrenia with resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging.

    Meng Liang;Yuan Zhou;Tianzi Jiang;Zhening Liu

  • Altered resting-state functional connectivity and anatomical connectivity of hippocampus in schizophrenia

    Yuan Zhou;Ni Shu;Yong Liu;Ming Song

  • Functional dysconnectivity of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in first-episode schizophrenia using resting-state fMRI.

    Yuan Zhou;Meng Liang;Tianzi Jiang;Lixia Tian

  • Decreased regional homogeneity in schizophrenia: a resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging study

    Haihong Liu;Zhening Liu;Meng Liang;Yihui Hao

  • Multi-Site Diagnostic Classification of Schizophrenia Using Discriminant Deep Learning with Functional Connectivity MRI

    Ling-Li Zeng;Huaning Wang;Panpan Hu;Bo Yang

  • Depression Uncouples Brain Hate Circuit

    H. Tao;Shuixia Guo;Tian Ge;Keith M. Kendrick

  • 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

  • Brain-Wide Analysis of Functional Connectivity in First-Episode and Chronic Stages of Schizophrenia

    Tao Li;Qiang Wang;Jie Zhang;Jie Zhang;Edmund T. Rolls

  • Disrupted intrinsic functional brain topology in patients with major depressive disorder.

    Hong Yang;Xiao Chen;Zuo Bing Chen;Le Li

  • Effects of typical and atypical antipsychotics on glucose-insulin homeostasis and lipid metabolism in first-episode schizophrenia.

    Ren-Rong Wu;Jing-Ping Zhao;Zhe-Ning Liu;Jin-Guo Zhai

  • The Chinese-bilingual SCID-I/P Project: Stage 1 — Reliability for Mood Disorders and Schizophrenia

    Eddie So;I. Kam;C. M. Leung;D. Chung

  • Effect of Antipsychotic Medication Alone vs Combined With Psychosocial Intervention on Outcomes of Early-Stage Schizophrenia: A Randomized, 1-Year Study

    Xiaofeng Guo;Jinguo Zhai;Zhening Liu;Maosheng Fang

  • 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

  • Abnormal neural activity in the patients with remitted geriatric depression : A resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging study

    Yonggui Yuan;Zhijun Zhang;Feng Bai;Hui Yu

  • White matter integrity of the whole brain is disrupted in first-episode schizophrenia

    Yihui Hao;Zhening Liu;Tianzi Jiang;Gaolang Gong

  • Abnormal resting-state cerebellar–cerebral functional connectivity in treatment-resistant depression and treatment sensitive depression

    Wenbin Guo;Feng Liu;Zhimin Xue;Keming Gao

  • Disrupted regional homogeneity in treatment-resistant depression: a resting-state fMRI study.

    Wen-bin Guo;Xue-li Sun;Ling Liu;Qiang Xu

  • Classification of different therapeutic responses of major depressive disorder with multivariate pattern analysis method based on structural MR scans.

    Feng Liu;Wenbin Guo;Wenbin Guo;Dengmiao Yu;Qing Gao

  • Abnormal neural activities in first-episode, treatment-naïve, short-illness-duration, and treatment-response patients with major depressive disorder: a resting-state fMRI study.

    Wen-bin Guo;Wen-bin Guo;Feng Liu;Zhi-min Xue;Yan Yu

Frequent Co-Authors

Wenbin Guo
Wenbin Guo Central South University
Lena Palaniyappan
Lena Palaniyappan McGill University
Tianzi Jiang
Tianzi Jiang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jianfeng Feng
Jianfeng Feng Fudan University
Yonggui Yuan
Yonggui Yuan Southeast University
Yuan Zhou
Yuan Zhou Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chao-Gan Yan
Chao-Gan Yan Tsinghua University
Jiang Qiu
Jiang Qiu Southwest University
Qiyong Gong
Qiyong Gong Sichuan University
Feng Liu
Feng Liu Tianjin Medical University General Hospital

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