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. 2021 Mar 17;15:637071. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2021.637071

TABLE 2.

Clinical information of the subjects.

Group Subject Sex Age Course (years) Epileptic Discharge site Cause Seizure type Epilepsy Syndrome MRI Lesion Cathode Anode Seizure frequency (baseline/follow-up) unit: times/4 weeks) Response (Y/N)
Active 1a M 30 17 Focal Birth asphyxia and brain surgery Focal clonic seizure Epilepsy attributed to structural causes Softening of left parietal lobe Between C3-FC1 rSOc 80/77 N
2a M 27 2 Focal Hippocampal sclerosis Automatisms Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis Hippocampal sclerosis F7 rSO 1/4 N
3a M 54 40 Focal Trauma Focal onset to bilateral tonic-clonic seizure Frontal lobe epilepsy None F4 P7 1/1 N
4a M 54 40 Focal Trauma Focal onset to bilateral tonic-clonic seizure Frontal lobe epilepsy None F4 P7 1/3 N
5 F 37 6 Focal Gray matter heterotopia Automatisms Epilepsy attributed to heterotopia Subependymal gray matter heterotopia F7 rSO 3/1 Y
6 F 41 2 Focal Hippocampal sclerosis Behavior arrest Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis Hippocampal sclerosis F7 rSO 10/14 N
7 F 64 44 Focal Hippocampal sclerosis Automatisms, and focal onset to bilateral tonic-clonic seizure Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis Hippocampal sclerosis F8 lSOd 9/7 Y
8a F 23 23 Focal Cryptogenic Behavior arrest Epilepsy of unknown cause None Between C3-F3 rSO 7/14 N
9 F 28 10 Multifocalb Viral encephalitis Focal onset to bilateral tonic-clonic seizure Epilepsy attributed to infection Bilateral temporal lobe atrophy F7/F8 rSO/lSO 12/9 Y
10a F 26 3 Multifocalb Gray matter heterotopia Automatisms Epilepsy attributed to heterotopia Subependymal gray matter heterotopia F7/F8 rSO/lSO 5/10 N
11 M 30 26 Focal Focal cortical dysplasia Focal onset to bilateral tonic-clonic seizure Epilepsy attributed to focal cortical dysplasia Focal cortical dysplasia in left frontal lobe Between F4-Fz P7 28/28 N
12 M 64 10 Focal Trauma Focal onset to bilateral tonic-clonic seizure Epilepsy attributed to trauma Softening of left temporal lobe F7 rSO 1/0 Y
Sham 13a M 30 17 Focal Hippocampal sclerosis Automatisms Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis Hippocampal sclerosis Between C3-FC1 rSO 56/66 /
14 M 47 16 Focal Trauma and cavernous hemangioma Automatisms, and focal onset to bilateral tonic-clonic seizure Epilepsy attributed to structural causes Cavernous hemangioma CP6 lSO 2/2 /
15a M 27 2 Focal Focal cortical dysplasia Focal onset to bilateral tonic-clonic seizure Epilepsy attributed to focal cortical dysplasia Focal cortical dysplasia in left frontal lobe F7 rSO 3/2 /
16 F 61 53 Focal Hippocampal sclerosis Automatisms, and focal onset to bilateral tonic-clonic seizure Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis Hippocampal sclerosis F7 rSO 6/8 /
17 F 49 14 Focal Meningitis Automatisms, and focal onset to bilateral tonic-clonic seizure Epilepsy attributed to infection White matter lesions Between C4-P4 lSO 2/1 /
18a F 23 23 Focal Cryptogenic Behavior arrest Epilepsy of unknown cause None Between C3-F3 rSO 14/9 /
19 F 54 48 Focal Poisoning and hippocampal sclerosis Automatisms, and focal onset to bilateral tonic-clonic seizure Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis Hippocampal sclerosis F8 lSO 6/6 /
20a F 26 3 Multifocalb Gray matter heterotopia Automatisms Epilepsy attributed to heterotopia Subependymal gray matter heterotopia F7/F8 rSO/lSO 6/4 /

aThese subjects underwent two ctDCS sessions with an interval of at least 12 weeks.

bThese subjects suffered from multifocal epilepsy. Each site was stimulated for 10 min per day.

crSO means the right supraorbital area.

dlSO means the left supraorbital area.