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Zhihao Li PhD

  • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
    Adjunct Assistant Professor
  • (404) 712-2697
  • zli8@emory.edu

Academic Appointment

  • Professor, Psychology and Sociology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen

Education

Degrees

  • PhD from University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei
  • BS from University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei

Research

Publications

  • Functional connectivity in reward circuitry and symptoms of anhedonia as therapeutic targets in depression with high inflammation: evidence from a dopamine challenge study.
    Mol Psychiatry Volume: 27 Page(s): 4113 - 4121
    10/01/2022 Authors: Bekhbat M; Li Z; Mehta ND; Treadway MT; Lucido MJ; Woolwine BJ; Haroon E; Miller AH; Felger JC
  • Correction to: Functional connectivity in reward circuitry and symptoms of anhedonia as therapeutic targets in depression with high inflammation: evidence from a dopamine challenge study.
    Mol Psychiatry Volume: 27 Page(s): 4122
    10/01/2022 Authors: Bekhbat M; Li Z; Mehta ND; Treadway MT; Lucido MJ; Woolwine BJ; Haroon E; Miller AH; Felger JC
  • Protein and gene markers of metabolic dysfunction and inflammation together associate with functional connectivity in reward and motor circuits in depression.
    Brain Behav Immun Volume: 88 Page(s): 193 - 202
    08/01/2020 Authors: Goldsmith DR; Bekhbat M; Le N-A; Chen X; Woolwine BJ; Li Z; Haroon E; Felger JC
  • Inflammation and decreased functional connectivity in a widely-distributed network in depression: Centralized effects in the ventral medial prefrontal cortex.
    Brain Behav Immun Volume: 80 Page(s): 657 - 666
    08/01/2019 Authors: Yin L; Xu X; Chen G; Mehta ND; Haroon E; Miller AH; Luo Y; Li Z; Felger JC
  • Longitudinal changes of amygdala functional connectivity in adolescents prenatally exposed to cocaine.
    Drug Alcohol Depend Volume: 200 Page(s): 50 - 58
    07/01/2019 Authors: Li Z; Lei K; Coles CD; Lynch ME; Hu X
  • The neural signatures of egocentric bias in normative decision-making.
    Brain Imaging Behav Volume: 13 Page(s): 685 - 698
    06/01/2019 Authors: Feng C; Feng X; Wang L; Wang L; Gu R; Ni A; Deshpande G; Li Z; Luo Y-J
  • Inflammation negatively correlates with amygdala-ventromedial prefrontal functional connectivity in association with anxiety in patients with depression: Preliminary results.
    Brain Behav Immun Volume: 73 Page(s): 725 - 730
    10/01/2018 Authors: Mehta ND; Haroon E; Xu X; Woolwine BJ; Li Z; Felger JC
  • Increased inflammation and brain glutamate define a subtype of depression with decreased regional homogeneity, impaired network integrity, and anhedonia.
    Transl Psychiatry Volume: 8 Page(s): 189
    09/10/2018 Authors: Haroon E; Chen X; Li Z; Patel T; Woolwine BJ; Hu XP; Felger JC; Miller AH
  • Alterations of resting-state fMRI measurements in individuals with cervical dystonia.
    Hum Brain Mapp Volume: 38 Page(s): 4098 - 4108
    08/01/2017 Authors: Li Z; Prudente CN; Stilla R; Sathian K; Jinnah HA; Hu X
  • Dynamic thalamus parcellation from resting-state fMRI data.
    Hum Brain Mapp Volume: 37 Page(s): 954 - 967
    03/01/2016 Authors: Ji B; Li Z; Li K; Li L; Langley J; Shen H; Nie S; Zhang R; Hu X
  • Longitudinal changes of amygdala and default mode activation in adolescents prenatally exposed to cocaine.
    Neurotoxicol Teratol Volume: 53 Page(s): 24 - 32
    01/01/2016 Authors: Li Z; Coles CD; Lynch ME; Luo Y; Hu X
  • Altered causal connectivity of resting state brain networks in amnesic MCI.
    PLoS One Volume: 9 Page(s): e88476
    01/01/2014 Authors: Liang P; Li Z; Deshpande G; Wang Z; Hu X; Li K
  • Connectomics signatures of prenatal cocaine exposure affected adolescent brains.
    Hum Brain Mapp Volume: 34 Page(s): 2494 - 2510
    10/01/2013 Authors: Li K; Zhu D; Guo L; Li Z; Lynch ME; Coles C; Hu X; Liu T
  • Prenatal cocaine exposure alters functional activation in the ventral prefrontal cortex and its structural connectivity with the amygdala.
    Psychiatry Res Volume: 213 Page(s): 47 - 55
    07/30/2013 Authors: Li Z; Santhanam P; Coles CD; Ellen Lynch M; Hamann S; Peltier S; Hu X
  • Increased "default mode" activity in adolescents prenatally exposed to cocaine.
    Hum Brain Mapp Volume: 32 Page(s): 759 - 770
    05/01/2011 Authors: Li Z; Santhanam P; Coles CD; Lynch ME; Hamann S; Peltier S; Hu X
  • Recursive cluster elimination based support vector machine for disease state prediction using resting state functional and effective brain connectivity.
    PLoS One Volume: 5 Page(s): e14277
    12/09/2010 Authors: Deshpande G; Li Z; Santhanam P; Coles CD; Lynch ME; Hamann S; Hu X
  • fMRI study of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy using amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation analysis.
    Hum Brain Mapp Volume: 31 Page(s): 1851 - 1861
    12/01/2010 Authors: Zhang Z; Lu G; Zhong Y; Tan Q; Chen H; Liao W; Tian L; Li Z; Shi J; Liu Y
  • Effects of prenatal alcohol exposure on brain activation during an arithmetic task: an fMRI study.
    Alcohol Clin Exp Res Volume: 33 Page(s): 1901 - 1908
    11/01/2009 Authors: Santhanam P; Li Z; Hu X; Lynch ME; Coles CD
  • Occipital-temporal Reduction and Sustained Visual Attention Deficit in Prenatal Alcohol Exposed Adults.
    Brain Imaging Behav Volume: 2 Page(s): 39 - 48
    03/01/2008 Authors: Li Z; Ma X; Peltier S; Hu X; Coles CD; Lynch ME
  • Cross-modal temporal order memory for auditory digits and visual locations: an fMRI study.
    Hum Brain Mapp Volume: 22 Page(s): 280 - 289
    08/01/2004 Authors: Zhang D; Zhang X; Sun X; Li Z; Wang Z; He S; Hu X
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