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Structural images were pre-processed using the Computational Anatomy Toolbox 12 (CAT 12) based on the diffeomorphic anatomical registration through exponentiated lie (DARTEL) algorithm and both the global and regional SCN parameters were calculated and compared using the Graph Analysis Toolbox (GAT).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Most of the important metrics of global network organization, including characteristic path length (Lp), clustering coefficient (Cp), assortativity, local efficiency, and transitivity, were significantly reduced in MMD patients compared with HCs. In addition, the regional betweenness centrality (BC) values of the bilateral medial orbitofrontal cortices were significantly lower in MMD patients than in HCs after false discovery rate (FDR) correction for multiple comparisons. The BC was also reduced in the left medial superior frontal gyrus and hippocampus, and increased in the bilateral middle cingulate gyri of patients, but these differences were not significant after FDR correlation. No differences in network resilience were detected by targeted attack analysis or random failure analysis.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Both global and regional properties of the SCN are altered in MMD, even in the absence of major stroke or hemorrhagic damage. Patients exhibit a less optimal and more randomized SCN than HCs, and the nodal BC of the bilateral medial orbitofrontal cortices is severely reduced. 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