title: Advances in neuroimaging research of schizophrenia in China.
abstract: Since Hounsfield's first report about X-ray computed tomography (CT) in 1972, there has been substantial progress in the application of neuroimaging techniques to study the structure, function, and biochemistry of the brain. This review provides a summary of recent research in structural and functional neuroimaging of schizophrenia in China and four tables describing all of the relevant studies from mainland China. The first research report using neuroimaging techniques in China dates back to 1983, a study that reported encephalatrophy in 30% of individuals with schizophrenia. Functional neuroimaging research in China emerged in the 1990s and has undergone rapid development since. Recently, structural and functional brain networks has become a hot topic among China's neuroimaging researchers.
authors.affiliation: Division of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Dengtang
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Division of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Yifeng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Division of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Kaida
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jiang
keywords: China; diffusion tensorimaging; magnetic resonance imaging; magnetic resonance spectroscopy; schizophrenia