ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Neurophysiological method for studying changes in the brain’s default mode network activity

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1 Institute for Physics and Engineering in Biomedicine, National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Moscow, Russia

2 La-Salute Clinic, Moscow, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Sergey A. Gulyaev
Kashirskoe shosse, 31, Moscow, 119604, Russia; ur.xednay@ssurgres

About paper

Compliance with ethical standards: the study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the National Research Nuclear University “MEPhI” (protocol № 09-01/23 of 09 January 2023), it was conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki issued in 1964 and its subsequent revisions.

Received: 2023-02-08 Accepted: 2023-03-30 Published online: 2023-04-16
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