Neural Activity Disparities in Deficiency and Excess Patterns of Depression: Protocol for a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Liling Chen   ^{1, 2 *} , MM ;   Xinyu Jia   ^{1, 3 *} , MM ;   Jianjun Wang   ^{1, 3} , PhD ;   Liling Li   ^{1, 3} , MM ;   Jianxiang Chen   ^{1, 2} , MM ;   Songjun Lin   ^{1, 3} , PhD ;   Haotao Zheng   ^{1, 3} , PhD ;   Xinbei Li   ^{1, 2} , MM ;   Xiude Qin   ^{1, 3} , PhD ;   Lanying Liu   ^{4, 5} , PhD ;   Hanqing Lyu   ^{1, 2} , MM

¹ The Fourth Clinical Medical College, Shenzhen Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Shenzhen, China

² Department of Radiology, Shenzhen Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Shenzhen, China

³ Department of Neurology and Psychology, Shenzhen Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Shenzhen, China

⁴ Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

⁵ Shanghai Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine for Mental Disorders, Shanghai, China

*these authors contributed equally