Fig. 5

Comparison of M1 area amplitudes (% of baseline) of ppTMS between patients and healthy controls. A-C The stimulation interval of ppTMS. D-F Comparison of M1 hand area amplitudes (% of baseline) of ppTMS between patients and healthy controls in SICI, ICF, and LICI. G-H Comparison of the M1 hand area ln(DH/NDH) of amplitudes (% of baseline) of ppTMS ln(DH/NDH) between patients and healthy controls. The greater the ln(DH/NDH), the more red it is, the greater the dominance of the dominant hemisphere. Horizontal black lines above data sets mark significant differences (*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001). Abbreviations: M1, primary motor cortex; ppTMS, paired pulse TMS SICI, short interval intracortical inhibition; ICF, intracortical facilitation; LICI, long-interval intracortical inhibition; DH, dominant hemisphere; NDH, non-dominant hemisphere