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ArticleNature. Mental health2026

Patient-specific functional networks track early cognitive alterations and minor hallucinations in Parkinson's disease.

Sara Stampacchia, Fosco Bernasconi, Dimitri Van De Ville, Enrico Amico, Lada Kohoutová, John-Paul Taylor, Alan Thomas, Javier Pagonabarraga, Jaime Kulisevsky, Olaf Blanke

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Article in Nature. Mental health, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Sara StampacchiaLaboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience (LNCO), Neuro-X Institute and Brain Mind Institute, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-9545-3376
Fosco BernasconiLaboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience (LNCO), Neuro-X Institute and Brain Mind Institute, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland.
Dimitri Van De VilleNeuro X Institute, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-2879-3861
Enrico AmicoSchool of Mathematics, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-6705-9689
Lada KohoutováLaboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience (LNCO), Neuro-X Institute and Brain Mind Institute, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland.
John-Paul TaylorTranslational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-7958-6558
Alan ThomasTranslational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK.
Javier PagonabarragaMovement Disorders Unit, Neurology Department, Sant Pau Hospital, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-3248-704X
Jaime KulisevskyMovement Disorders Unit, Neurology Department, Sant Pau Hospital, Barcelona, Spain.
Olaf BlankeLaboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience (LNCO), Neuro-X Institute and Brain Mind Institute, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-9745-3983

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Wellcome Trust
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Abstract

Minor hallucinations (MHs) affect up to 40% of patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) and are early indicators of cognitive decline. Unlike previous group-level studies, connectome-based brain fingerprinting enables the capture of individualized neural features. Leveraging this framework in a cross-sectional cohort of patients with Parkinson's disease with and without MHs using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging, here we show that each patient exhibits a unique brain fingerprint, irrespective of MH status. The most individualized features were associated with clinically relevant measures such as motor-symptom severity and cognitive performance. Patients with MHs showed a loss of individual-specific features in brain networks linked to cognitive health, whereas the cerebellar-to-cortex connectivity-typically less distinctive-became more prominent, emphasizing the role of somatosensory and motor integration in MH pathogenesis. Moreover, MH-related fingerprint regions mapped onto cortical territories with lower densities of neurotransmitter systems implicated in hallucinations. Overall, our fully data-driven findings reveal a distinct, patient-specific signature that differentiates patients with Parkinson's disease and MHs.

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PMCPMC13652722

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