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The Brain Mechanisms of Music Stimulation, Motor Observation, and Motor Imagination in Virtual Reality Techniques: A Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Study

Junjie Liang, Boyuan Liang, Zengquan Tang, Xingchen Huang, Sitong Ou, Chunli Chang, Yujue Wang and Zishu Yuan
eNeuro 23 June 2025, 12 (7) ENEURO.0557-24.2025; https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0557-24.2025
Junjie Liang
1Department of Rehabilitation, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510700, China
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https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0557-24.2025
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  • Received December 4, 2024
  • Revision received May 19, 2025
  • Accepted June 12, 2025
  • Published online June 23, 2025.
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Copyright © 2025 Liang et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium provided that the original work is properly attributed.

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  1. Junjie Liang1,*,
  2. Boyuan Liang2,*,
  3. Zengquan Tang2,
  4. Xingchen Huang2,
  5. Sitong Ou2,
  6. Chunli Chang2,
  7. Yujue Wang1 and
  8. Zishu Yuan2
  1. 1Department of Rehabilitation, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510700, China
  2. 2The Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 511436, China
  1. Correspondence should be addressed to Yujue Wang at wangyj43{at}foxmail.com or Zishu Yuan at yuanzishu{at}gzhmu.edu.cn.
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  1. Author contributions: J.L. and Y.W. designed research; J.L., B.L., Z.T., X.H., S.O., C.C., Y.W., and Z.Y. performed research; Y.W. and Z.Y. analyzed data; J.L., B.L., and Z.Y. wrote the paper.

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  • The authors declare no competing financial interests.

  • This research was supported by General Guidance Projects of Health Science and technology in Guangzhou (20221A010069 and 20251A011097) and Guangdong Medical Research Fund Project (A2025122).

  • ↵*J.L. and B.L. contributed equally to this work.

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    20221A010069; 20251A011097
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  • Key medical disciplines in Guangzhou (2021-2023)

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Junjie Liang, Boyuan Liang, Zengquan Tang, Xingchen Huang, Sitong Ou, Chunli Chang, Yujue Wang, Zishu Yuan
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