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Dynamic Alterations in Spontaneous Brain Activity in Mothers: A Resting-State Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81571658 and U1632274) and the Social Science Foundation of China (15ZDB016). We thank Xiaonan Liu for proposing modifications and making suggestions during the preparation of the manuscript. We thank all the volunteers for their participation in the study.

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  1. Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Plasma and Magnetic Resonance, Department of Electronic Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China

    Kaihua Zhang, Junyao Xie & Zhong Chen

  2. Shanghai Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Department of Physics, School of Physics and Materials Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200062, China

    Kaihua Zhang, Mengxing Wang, Jilei Zhang & Xiaoxia Du

  3. Department of Special Education, Faculty of Education, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200062, China

    Xueyun Su

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Zhang, K., Wang, M., Zhang, J. et al. Dynamic Alterations in Spontaneous Brain Activity in Mothers: A Resting-State Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study. Neurosci. Bull. 35, 766–770 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12264-019-00392-7

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