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A Neural Biomarker for Hallucinations: Medial Prefrontal Aberrations in Neural Connectivity Predict Self-Agency Deficits and Hallucination Severity in Schizophrenia. 幻觉的神经生物标记：内侧前额叶神经连接畸变可预测精神分裂症患者的自我行为缺陷和幻觉严重程度。

Journal of brain research Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Epub Date: 2021-05-18

Shalaila S Haas, Leighton B N Hinkley, Melissa Fisher, Sophia Vinogradov, Srikantan Nagarajan, Karuna Subramaniam

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