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Between July 2021 and June 2022, a total of 20 patients with VS were recruited from Zhujiang Hospital of Southern Medical University. Among them, seven were females, with a mean age of 48.35 years (SD = 3.16 years). The demographic characteristics of the participants are presented in Table 1. The inclusion criteria for this study were as follows: (a) age between 18 and 70 years; (b) diagnosis of VS based on the Coma Recovery Scale-Revised (CRS-R) within 12 months of brain injury; (c) abstinence from sedatives for at least 24 hours prior to EEG data collection; (d) absence of any brain disorder affecting cortical function or brain metabolism; (e) no history of epilepsy. Patients with skull defects or contraindications to TMS were excluded from the study