Neural Plasticity

Research Article

Differential Relationship between Microstructural Integrity in White Matter Tracts and Motor Recovery following Stroke Based on Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Genotype

Table 1

Characteristics of participants according to BDNF genotype.


	Groups		value
	Val ()	Met ()	value

Female, (%)	6 (35.3)	13 (31.7)	0.767
Age, (range) (yr)	(35-80)	(33-80)	0.492
Stroke lesion type,
Right : left hemisphere	10 : 7	20 : 21	0.777
Cortical : subcortical : corticosubcortical lesion	1 : 12 : 4	7 : 31 : 3	0.557
Volume of stroke lesion (cm³)			0.082
FMA-UE scores at T1, (range)	(0-62)	(0-61)	0.750
FMA-UE scores at T2, (range)	(7-66)	(4-66)	0.599
Absence of MEP response at T1, (%)	10 (58.8)	26 (63.4)	0.773

: the number of patients; : ; BDNF: brain-derived neurotrophic factor; FMA-UE: Fugl-Meyer assessment, upper extremity score; MEP: motor evoked potential; Met: carriers of methionine allele of BDNF genotype; T1: two weeks after stroke onset; T2: three months after stroke onset; Val: patients with valine homozygotes of BDNF genotype.