MBP and stroke disorder: The MBP positive area of the stroke (Ips: 0.04 ± 0.01; Con: 0.08 ± 0.01) and BF+stroke (Ips: 0.05 ± 0.01; Con: 0.06 ± 0.01) groups were also smaller than the sham group on both sides of the basal ganglia (p < 0.001).