The role of cortical midline structure in diagnoses and neuromodulation for major depressive disorder

Author contributions

Xinyuan Yan (Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing)

Conflict of interests

The author declares no conflict of interest.

Acknowledgement

This work was supported by University of Minnesota's MnDRIVE (Minnesota's Discovery, Research and Innovation Economy) post-doc fellowship to X.Y.

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