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. 2011 Sep 1;13(1):29–37. doi: 10.1007/s10194-011-0379-4

Table 1.

Measures of excitability to transcranial magnetic stimulation in patients with migraine

MP Type of migraine MT Pre-EL MT Post-EL MT Pre-LD MT Post-LD SICI Pre-EL SICI Post-EL SICI Pre-LD SICI Post-LD N Pre-EL N Post-EL N Pre-LD N Post-LD
1 Episodica 45 50 44 46 49.3 29.9 42.6 74.3 18 21 16 14
2 Episodica 36 38 35 34 110.9 61.1 36.1 49.4 21 21 19 19
3 Episodica 28 27 35 34 57.5 53.5 29.6 33.9 25 25 17 19
4 Episodicb 35 41 31 32 11.4 27.2 47.2 21.6 52 31 21 16
5 Episodicb 39 40 42 44 21.6 43.1 59.9 66.1 19 15 64 19
6 Episodicb 36 36 35 36 117.8 209.2 105.0 88.2 15 24 25 21
7 Episodicb 45 50 44 46 147.3 135.3 182.5 141.6 18 25 15 30
8 Episodicb 37 38 40 40 24.0 70.1 20.9 35.7 25 20 17 18
9 Episodicb 63 61 58 58 69.7 65.5 91.7 104.9 23 17 21 23
10 Episodicb 39 41 39 46 9.2 8.3 38.1 8.1 18 25 27 15
11 Chronic 28 31 29 31 72.7 76.09 37.3 21.1 24 15 23 17
12 Chronic 50 50 49 49 28.9 17.7 33.4 33.6 14 13 17 24
13 Chronic 75 75 68 72 31.9 107.4 51.6 51.1 40 22 21 18
14 Chronic 30 33 32 33 57.6 112.2 31.9 129.4 25 25 18 20
15 Chronic 50 55 42 55 10.5 9.5 10.5 2.9 18 20 25 25
16 Chronic 34 37 36 35 99.9 134.3 82.0 86.5 23 14 16 19
17 Chronic 34 33 35 35 11.3 37.3 33.2 92.9 25 20 22 21
Mean 41.4 43.3 40.8 42.7 54.8 70.5 54.9 61.3 23.7 20.8 22.6 19.9
S.E. 2.9 2.8 2.3 2.5 9.8 12.4 9.4 9.5 2.1 1.1 2.6 0.9

Motor thresholds (MT, % of stimulator’s output), short-interval intracortical inhibition (SICI, %), and number of stimuli (N) in determination of MT in patients with migraine pre- and post-standard room light exposure (EL) and pre- and post-light deprivation (LD)

aWith aura

bWithout aura

SE standard error