Resting-state functional connectivity in neuropsychiatric disorders

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This review considers recent advances in the application of resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging to the study of neuropsychiatric disorders. RECENT FINDINGS: Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging is a relatively novel technique that has several potential advantages over task-activation functional magnetic resonance imaging in terms of its clinical applicability. A number of research groups have begun to investigate the use of resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging in a variety of neuropsychiatric disorders including Alzheimer's disease, depression, and schizophrenia. Although preliminary results have been fairly consistent in some disorders (for…