In biology, homotopic connectivity is the connectivity between mirror areas of the human brain hemispheres.[1]
Changes in the homotopic connectivity occur in disorders such as melancholic depression,[2] major depressive disorder,[3] schizophrenia[4] and cortical seizures.[5]
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