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Electroencephalography Alpha Traveling Waves as Early Predictors of Treatment Response in Major Depressive Episodes: Insights from Intermittent Photic Stimulation.

Xiaojing Guo, Haifeng Zhang, Biyu Zeng, Aoling Cai, Junjie Zheng, Jingshuai Zhou, Yongquan Gu, Minya Wu, Guanhui Wu, Li Zhang and 1 more

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Article in Biomedicines, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Traveling-wave transcranial alternating current stimulation (twtACS) causally links neural timing to cognitive function.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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11 authors.

Xiaojing GuoThe Fourth School of Clinical Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210096, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5739-4002
Haifeng ZhangCollege of Information Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110000, China.
Biyu ZengCollege of Information Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110000, China.
Aoling CaiEarly Intervention Unit, Department of Psychiatry, The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210096, China.
Junjie ZhengEarly Intervention Unit, Department of Psychiatry, The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210096, China.
Jingshuai ZhouEarly Intervention Unit, Department of Psychiatry, The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210096, China.
Yongquan GuDepartment of Neurology, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou 215000, China.
Minya WuDepartment of Neurology, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou 215000, China.
Guanhui WuDepartment of Neurology, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou 215000, China.
Li ZhangDepartment of Geriatric Neurology, The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210096, China.
Fei WangEarly Intervention Unit, Department of Psychiatry, The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210096, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5982-2303

Funding

Aoling Cai Jiangsu Provincial Department of Human Resources and Social Security (2023ZB818 to A.C.)Fei Wang he Strategic Topics Grant of University Grants Committee, Hong Kong Research Grants Council (STG1/M-501/23-N to F.W.)Fei Wang National Natural Science Foundation of China Joint Fund Project (U24A20701 to F.W.）Fei Wang the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2022YFC2405605 to F.W.)Junjie Zheng China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2022M721681 to J.Z)
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alpha rhythmbiomarkersbrain wavesdepressionelectroencephalographymajor depressive disorderneural oscillationsphotic stimulationtreatment outcome

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PMID40299562
PMCPMC12024627

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