Focus on the sex-specific neural markers in the discrimination of various degrees of depression

Author contributions

Yaqin Li: Conceptualization, Writing - original draft, Writing - editing; Xinyu Yan & Xianxin Meng: Editing; Jiajin Yuan: Conceptualization, Writing - review & editing.

Conflict of interest

The authors declare no competing interests.

Acknowledgment

This work was supported by the national natural science foundation of China (NSFC31971018) and Sichuan distinguished young scholar fund (2023NSFSC1938).

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