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.