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Table 1 Global efficiency values in the somatosensory network and its regions of interest

From: First evidence of long-term effects of transcranial pulse stimulation (TPS) on the human brain

 

Sham

Verum

Verum vs. Sham*  T-value (p-value, FDR-corr.)

Pre mean (SD)

Post mean (SD)

Pre mean (SD)

Post mean (SD)

Network

0.573 (0.161)

0.458 (0.198)

0.477 (0.175)

0.512 (0.184)

1.93 (0.040)

PreCG l

0.588 (0.256)

0.496 (0.241)

0.497 (0.262)

0.560 (0.193)

2.13 (0.045)

PostCG l

0.613 (0.135)

0.482 (0.233)

0.483 (0.199)

0.584 (0.189)

2.54 (0.037)

SPL l

0.661 (0.194)

0.498 (0.255)

0.512 (0.230)

0.611 (0.188)

3.16 (0.033)

aSMG l

0.658 (0.211)

0.529 (0.277)

0.527 (0.219)

0.597 (0.151)

2.32 (0.040)

pSMG l

0.582 (0.195)

0.467 (0.192)

0.548 (0.155)

0.434 (0.258)

n.s

AG l

0.439 (0.210)

0.350 (0.208)

0.453 (0.101)

0.346 (0.279)

n.s

sLOC l

0.465 (0.249)

0.387 (0.199)

0.396 (0.196)

0.453 (0.211)

n.s

PO l

0.575 (0.155)

0.458 (0.289)

0.399 (0.297)

0.510 (0.234)

2.83 (0.036)

  1. PreCG l: left precentral gyrus, PostCG l: left postcentral gyrus, SPL l: left superior parietal lobule, aSMGl: left anterior supramarginal gyrus, pSMG l: left posterior supramarginal gyrus, AG l: left angular gyrus, sLOC l: left superior lateral occipital cortex, PO l: left parietal operculum, n.s.: not significant
  2. *For comparing the conditions, the contrast (verum post vs. pre stimulation) vs. (sham post vs. pre stimulation) was computed