In this study we evaluated the post-surgical changes in functional connectivity of the default mode network (DMN) in 6 operated glioma patients and assessed their relationship with pre-operative brain tumor size, a factor that pre-operatively has been negatively associated to cognitive performance. We found in all but one patient an increase in connectivity (average Z-score) of the DMN following brain tumor surgery. These changes were not associated with brain tumor volume, thus indicating that mechanisms other than reduction of mass effect may drive the post-surgical reorganization of the DMN.
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