Table 2.
DTI indices in the left primary sensory and primary motor white matter
| Left S1 | Left M1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sham | Verum | Sham | Verum | |||||
| Pre | Post | Pre | Post | Pre | Post | Pre | Post | |
| FA | 3.895E−01 | 3.883E−01 | 3.885E−01 | 3.870E−01 | 3.878E−01 | 3.865E−01 | 3.864E−01 | 3.864E−01 |
| (3.587E−02) | (3.707E−02) | (3.786E−02) | (3.672E−02) | (3.144E−02) | (3.403E−02) | (3.290E−02) | (3.202E−02) | |
| MD | 7.913E−04 | 7.898E−04 | 7.920E−04 | 7.874E−04 | 8.509E−04 | 8.480E−04 | 8.523E−04 | 8.435E−04 |
| (5.269E−05) | (5.039E−05) | (5.048E−05) | (5.058E−05) | (5.786E−05) | (5.760E−05) | (5.972E−05) | (5.720E−05) | |
| AD | 1.123E−03 | 1.120E−03 | 1.123E−03a | 1.115E−03a | 1.176E−03 | 1.172E−03 | 1.176E−03a | 1.166E−03a |
| (5.328E−05) | (5.614E−05) | (5.243E−05) | (5.165E−05) | (5.681E−05) | (6.521E−05) | (5.781E−05) | (6.202E−05) | |
| RD | 7.212E−04 | 7.199E−04 | 7.227E−04 | 7.195E−04 | 7.846E−04 | 7.811E−04 | 7.866E−04 | 7.779E−04 |
| (5.186E−05) | (4.754E−05) | (4.950E−05) | (4.906E−05) | (6.197E−05) | (5.962E−05) | (6.327E−05) | (5.927E−05) | |
Data as mean (SD) for the DTI indices fractional anisotropy (FA), mean diffusivity (MD), axial diffusivity (AD) and radial diffusivity (RD)
S1—primary somatosensory white matter region of interest, M1—primary motor white matter region of interest
aSignificant comparison between pre and post stimulation data (Wilcoxon test, FDR 0.05 corr.)