Publications by authors named "Lianzi Guan"

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  • * Longitudinal studies suggest that increased connectivity in the inferior parietal lobe is associated with symptom improvement in depression over time.
  • * The neural correlates of REM sleep in MDD connect to various biological processes, including cellular metabolism and ion channel activity, highlighting potential avenues for improved treatments targeting sleep regulation in depression.
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Background: Sleep disturbance is one of the most frequent somatic symptoms in major depressive disorder (MDD), but the neural mechanisms behind it are not well understood. Sleep efficiency (SE) is a good indicator of early awakening and difficulty falling asleep in MDD patients. Our study aimed to investigate the relationship between sleep efficiency and brain function in MDD patients.

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Recent studies have linked ambient air pollution to depression. Anhedonia is a core symptom of depression which severely impacts on prognosis. The present study aims to investigate the association of PM2.

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Background: In recent years, light therapy has been tried for the treatment of depression and sleep in pregnancy or postnatal period women, but the results have been inconclusive. This meta-analysis is the first to systematically review the effects of light therapy on depression and sleep disturbances in women during pregnancy and the postnatal period.

Methods: We searched for randomized controlled studies in PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure, and Chinese Biomedical Database up to January 2023.

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