Distinct brain activity patterns associated with traditional Chinese medicine syndromes: a task-fMRI study of mild cognitive impairment
BackgroundAbnormalities in brain activity patterns during episodic memory tasks have been inconsistently reported in amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) patients using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).This study applied traditional Chinese Maternity Tops medicine (TCM) syndrome differentiation to categorize aMCI patients into dist