Different Brain Connectivity between Responders and Nonresponders to Dual-Mode Noninvasive Brain Stimulation over Bilateral Primary Motor Cortices in Stroke Patients

Table 1

Patient characteristics.

Group	Responders	Nonresponder
Age (years)
Sex ()
Male	7	6
Female	5	3
Type of stroke ()
Hemorrhagic	7	5
Ischemic	5	4
Initial stroke severity ()
NIHSS (ischemic stroke)
GCS (hemorrhagic stroke)
Lesion side ()
Right	9	7
Left	3	2
Bilateral	0	0
Lesion location ()
Supratentorial	11	9
Infratentorial	1	0
Lesion volume (ml)
FMA-UE scores (0-66 points) ()
Prestimulation
Poststimulation
BDNF genotype
Val/Val	1	1
Met allele	10	7
N/A	1	1
Initial rMT (%)

SD: standard deviation; NIHSS: National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; GCS: Glasgow Coma Scale; FMA-UE: Fugl-Meyer assessment upper extremity; BDNF: brain-derived neurotrophic factor; N/A: not available; rMT: resting motor threshold.