Reveals reduced cognitive function linked to disturbed brain connectivity in patients with white matter lesions, highlighting implications for treatment.
< 0.05). All small-world parameters were significantly correlated with the total Mini-Mental State Examination and Montreal Cognitive Assessment scores.ConclusionsThere was extensive and subtle white matter fiber bundle damage in patients with white matter lesions. The brain structural network of patients with white matter lesions had small-world characteristics, and a reduction in small-world properties was related to reduction in cognitive function scores.
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