Scale-Free Functional Brain Networks Exhibit Increased Connectivity, Are More Integrated and Less Segregated in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease following Dopaminergic Treatment
Stylianou O, Kaposzta Z, Czoch A, Stefanovski L, Yabluchanskiy A, Racz F, Ritter P, Eke A, Mukli P. Scale-Free Functional Brain Networks Exhibit Increased Connectivity, Are More Integrated and Less Segregated in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease following Dopaminergic Treatment. Fractal And Fractional 2022, 6: 737. PMID: 38106971, PMCID: PMC10723163, DOI: 10.3390/fractalfract6120737.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHealthy control individualsMini-Mental State ExaminationDopaminergic treatmentParkinson's diseaseFunctional connectivityMental State ExaminationStandard therapyPD patientsPD populationHC groupState ExaminationFunctional brain networksControl individualsPharmacological studiesSignificant positive correlationDiseaseBrain networksPatientsCognitive performanceAdult Reading TestPositive correlationTreatmentLong-term memoryTherapy