Fig. 5: Correlation between resting-state EC and UPDRS scores in PD patients.

a EC: PFC⇀MC in relation to UPDRS-III. b Correlation between EC: BS⇀SC and UPDRS-Total scores. BS brainstem, CB cerebellum, MC motor cortex, PFC prefrontal cortex, SC subcortical region, EC effective connectivity, UPDRS unified Parkinson’s disease rating scores, FDR false discovery rate.