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. 2020 Dec 15;12:1179573520976832. doi: 10.1177/1179573520976832

Table 3.

Summary of resting-state functional connectivity results from the electroencephalography (EEG) studies.

Reference Significant changes in primary clinical outcome? rsFC changes correlated with primary clinical outcome? Montage placement Between-group contrast in rsFC
Anode Cathode Delta Theta Alpha Beta Gamma
Nicolo et al60 No No Ipsilesional supraorbital region Contralesional M1 n.r. n.r. Weighted node degree of M1: n.s. Weighted node degree of M1: A > S (t24 = 2.78, P = .01) n.r.
De Ridder and Vanneste49 Yes Yes L occipital lobe R occipital lobe n.s. n.s. n.s. A > S (t-value n.r.; P < .05) A > S (t-value n.r.; P < .05)
Cosmo et al58 N/A N/A L DLPFC R DLPFC Whole-brain weighted node degree: n.s. (U = 319.00; P = .92)
Porcaro et al54 Yes Yes Primary sensory cortex Occipital lobe Treatment (pre,post) × condition (real,sham): F(1,11) = 13.235, P = .004
Post-hoc t-test: increase of FC between L and R M1 was significant (P = .0002), while remained non-significant for sham (P = .274)
Schoellmann et al55 Yes n.r. L primary motor cortex R supraorbital region n.r. n.r. n.r. n.s. (t-value n.r.; P > .05) n.r
Thibaut et al61 Yes n.r. Bilateral DLPFC Bilateral M1 n.s. n.s. n.s. A > S; C3 to C4 (t27 = 2.56, P = .02) n.r.
A > S; C4 to F3 (t27 = 2.30, P = .04)
Wu et al63 No n.r. L DLPFC R supraorbital region A > S (t-value n.r.; P < .05)
R DLPFC L supraorbital region n.s.

Abbreviations: A, active-tDCS; DLPFC, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; F3, labeling in the EEG 10 to 20 system; L, left; M1, primary motor cortex; n.r., not reported; n.s., non-significant; N/A, not applicable; R, right; rsFC, resting state functional connectivity; S, Sham-tDCS.