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. 2010 Nov 1;5(11):e13788. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013788

Table 1. Average synchronization, cluster coefficient and path lengths.

AD OC p values
Reg_#ROIs mean sd mean sd
S Ss_116 0,09 0,01 0,09 0,02 0,82
Ss_90 0,10 ± 0,02 0,10 ± 0,02 0,82
Ms_90 0,09 0,02 0,09 0,02 0,83
γ Ss_116 4,44 0,50 4,38 0,50 0,69
Ss_90 3,63 ± 0,47 3,64 ± 0,38 0,98
Ms_90 3,72 0,39 3,57 0,30 0,19
Λ Ss_116 1,53 0,15 1,69 0,22 0,01*
Ss_90 1,43 ± 0,17 1,61 ± 0,25 0,01*
Ms_90 1,44 0,14 1,61 0,27 0,02*

Data are presented as mean ± sd. AD, Alzheimer patient; OC, age-matched control; t-test (2-tailed;

*, p<0.05 between groups difference). While maintaining similar brain average synchronization levels (S), the Alzheimer group consistently shows a significantly shorter corrected path length (λ) that controls and similar cluster coefficient (γ) regardless of the registration procedure (Ss – standard space; Ms – midspace) and the inclusion of cerebellar regions (#ROIs 116 – including cerebellum; #ROIs 90 – excluding cerebellum). All small-world parameters were calculated at K = 10 and synchronization threshold T = 0.05.