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. 2022 Mar 18;12(3):402. doi: 10.3390/brainsci12030402

Table 3.

Summary of the main results of PD studies reported in the present review.

Authors Recording Type Graph Parameters Main Results
Fogelson et al., 2013 [60] EEG C
PL
  • C ↑ in theta and alpha bands

  • PL ↑ in theta band for PD vs. Healthy subjects.

Olde Dubbelink et al., 2014 [57] MEG C
PL
  • C↓ in delta band for PD vs. Healthy subjects

  • C ↓ in theta and alpha 2 bands, PL ↓ in alpha 2 band for PD subjects

Utianski et al., 2016 [22] EEG C
PL
Divergence
Modularity
  • C and PL ↑ in all frequency bands, Divergence ↑ in theta and beta bands and ↓ in delta and alpha bands, Modularity ↑ in all frequency bands, for normally cognitive PD vs. Healthy subjects.

  • C ↓ in alpha 1 band for PD-MCI vs. normally cognitive PD subjects.

  • C, PL and Divergence ↓ in alpha 1, Modularity ↑ in alpha 1 and 2 frequency bands, for demented PD vs. normally cognitive PD subjects.

Hassan et al., 2017 [26] EEG C
PL
Modularity
Strength
  • PL, C, Modularity and Strength ↓ in alpha frequency band for demented PD vs. normally cognitive PD subjects.

Mehraram et al., 2020 [59] EEG Node degree
C
PL
SW
Modularity
  • C and Node degree↓ in alpha band, PL ↑ in alpha band and Modularity↑ in theta and alpha bands, for PD demented vs. Healthy subjects.

  • PL ↑ in alpha band, Modularity↑ in theta and alpha bands and SW ↑in theta band, for PD demented vs. AD subjects.

Bočková et al., 2021 [61] EEG Node strength
C
PL
Modularity
  • Node strength ↓, C ↓ and PL ↑ in 1–8 Hz frequencies band for DBS-ON compared to DBS-OFF for subjects responding faster with DBS-OFF rather than DBS-ON.

Suárez et al., 2021 [58] EEG C
PL
Local efficiency
Global connectivity
  • C and PL ↓ in theta and beta bands for normally cognitive PD vs. Healthy subjects.

  • C ↓ in alpha band, PL ↓ in delta and theta bands in PD-MCI vs. Healthy subjects.

Vecchio et al., 2021 [21] EEG SW
  • SW ↓ in theta band and ↑ in alpha 2 band.

Li et al., 2021 [20] EEG C
PL
Global efficiency
Local efficiency
  • C and Local efficiency ↓ in alpha, beta 1 and beta 2 bands for PD subjects in DBS-OFF and DBS-ON vs. healthy subjects.

Revankar et al., 2021 [23] EEG C
PL
Efficiency
Centrality
  • C and parietal Efficiency ↑ in alpha 1 band, frontal Centrality ↓ for PD with pareidolias vs. normal PD and Healthy subjects.

The arrows refer to an increase (↑) or a decrease (↓) of the indicated parameters. Abbreviations: EEG: electroencephalography; MEG: magnetoencephalography; PL: path length; C: clustering coefficient; SW: small-world index; PD-MCI: Parkinson disease with mild cognitive impairments.