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.