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. 2023 Oct 27;15(20):10817–10820. doi: 10.18632/aging.205209

Table 1. Summary overview of partially shared cholinergic centro-cingulate key regions with topographic system changes associating with cognition and motor impairments in PD and normal aging.

Cognition and motor impairments in PD and normal aging
Key regions of the centro-cingulate network Memory domain scores Executive function domain scores Attention domain scores Non-episodic balance and gait changes Distal limb bradykinesia Falls Freezing of gait Normal aging
Caudal anterior cingulum (L)
Mid cingulum (L)
Posterior cingulum & precuneus (B; partially)
Isthmus cingulum (BA 30, part of the retrosplenial cingulum, B)
Insula (partially, R) ✔ B ✔ B ✔ L>R
Frontotemporal operculum (B) ✔ B ✔ B ✔B ✔R ✔R ✔ B
Upper medial frontopolar cortex (upper part of BA 10, B) ✔ R ✔R ✔R
Dorsomedial prefrontal cortex (BA 8 and 9, B) ✔ B ✔ R ✔R ✔R
Paracentral lobule (B) ✔ B ✔ R
Pre- and post-central cortex (B) ✔ B

Abbreviations: BA: Brodmann area; B: bilateral; L: left; R: right.