Table 3. Left-sided vs. right-sided ICA-stenosis.

	ICA-Stenosis left (n = 9)	ICA-Stenosis right (n = 7)	p
Age	61±8	62±7	0.83
Gender	7 F, 2 M	1 F, 6 M	0.04
Years of Education	11.1±1.9	12.5±3	0.28
MMSE	28±1.4	27±1.5	0.83
BDI	8±4	6±3	0.23
Verbal learning	47±8	40±14	0.25
Verbal memory	9.3±2.9	8.4±3	0.55
Working memory	14±3	13±3	0.51
Verbal fluency	18±9	17±11	0.83
rMT	47±4	41±8	0.08
MEAN-LTP	0.91±0.05	0.93±0.14	0.95

MMSE: Mini mental state examination, BDI: Beck’s depression inventory, SD: standard deviation, rMT = resting motor threshold; groups were compared using two-sample t-tests, or Qui-Square tests (gender).