Dataset for the project "Tactile mirror system in borderline personality disorder: a multimodal approach to study brain connectivity and plasticity" (SG-2019-12370473)

<p><strong>Aim 1:</strong></p> <p>Assessment of TaMS alterations in BPD at behavioral and neurophysiological level, focusing on effective connectivity pattern by means of TMS-EEG, and its relationship with empathic abilities (Exp. 1).</p> <p><strong>Aim 2:</strong></p> <p>Assessment of plasticity mechanisms within TaMS in BPD by means of a cross-modal PAS protocol and their relationship&nbsp;with empathic abilities (Exp. 2).</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>The present dataset contains the following files and folders:</strong></p> <p>Folder: <strong>Aim1</strong></p> <p>-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>READ ME</strong> AIM1.txt explains folder structure and file content details.</p> <p>-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; File: <strong>SG2019_Aim1_Demographics.xlsx </strong>contains demographic data.&nbsp;</p> <p>-&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; File <strong>SG2019_Aim1_Empathy.xlsx </strong>contains data on the empathic levels obtained by self-report questionnaires.</p> <p>-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; File:<strong> SG2019_Aim1_rMT.xlsx&nbsp;</strong>contains the rMT measured to set TMS intensity.</p> <p>-&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; File <strong>SG2019_Aim1_VTSC.xlsx&nbsp;</strong>contains data on behavioral performance (RTs and number of errors).</p> <p>-&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Subfolder:&nbsp; <strong>TMS-Evoked Potentials</strong>. Data are organized in 6 files per group according to trial type (.mat format).</p> <p>-&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Subfolder:&nbsp; <strong>Event-Related Potentials</strong>. Data are organized in 3 files per group according to trial type (.mat format).</p> <p>-&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Subfolder:&nbsp; <strong>Time-frequency Pattern</strong>. Data are organized in 3 files per group according to trial type (.mat format).</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Folder:&nbsp;<strong>Aim2</strong></p> <p>-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>READ ME</strong> AIM2.txt explains folder structure and file content details.</p> <p>-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; File: <strong>SG2019_Aim2_Demographics.xlsx </strong>contains demographic data.&nbsp;</p> <p>-&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; File <strong>SG2019_Aim2_Empathy.xlsx </strong>contains data on the empathic levels obtained by self-report questionnaire.</p> <p>-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; File:<strong> SG2019_Aim2_rMT.xlsx </strong>contains the rMT measured to set TMS intensity in the two experimental sessions and which session was performed first.</p> <p>-&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; File <strong>SG2019_Aim2_VTSC.xlsx </strong>contains data on behavioral performance (RTs and number of errors) in the two experimental sessions.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Acronym list:</strong></p> <p><u>BPD</u>: borderline personality disorder</p> <p><u>EEG</u>: electroencephalography</p> <p><u>HC</u>: healthy controls</p> <p><u>PAS</u>: paired associative stimulation</p> <p><u>pw-BPD</u>: patients with BPD</p> <p><u>rMT</u>: resting motor threshold</p> <p><u>TaMS</u>: tactile mirror system</p> <p><u>TMS</u>: transcranial magnetic stimulation</p> <p><u>VTSC</u>: visuo-tactile spatial congruity task</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Restricted Access Conditions: Users must clarify how they intend to use data here uploaded and whether the research protocol has been approved by an Ethics committee. Data on unpublished results will be available, under the same restrictions, after publication.</p>