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Developing repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) as a treatment tool for cocaine use disorder: a series of six translational studies

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Hanlon, Colleen A., Kearney-Ramos, Tonisha, Dowdle, Logan T., Hamilton, Sarah, DeVries, William, Mithoefer, Oliver, Austelle, Christopher, Lench, Daniel H. +5 more·2017·Current Behavioral Neuroscience Reports

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Purpose of the review Cocaine dependence is a chronic and relapsing disorder which is particularly resistant to behavioral or pharmacologic treatment, and likely involves multiple dysfunctional frontal-striatal circuits. Through advances in preclinical research in the last decade, we now have an unprecedented understanding of the neural control of drug-taking behavior. In both rodent models and human clinical neuroimaging studies, it is apparent that medial frontal-striatal limbic circuits regulate drug cue-triggered behavior. While non-human preclinical studies can use invasive stimulation techniques to inhibit drug cue-evoked behavior, in human clinical neuroscience, we are pursuing non-invasive theta burst stimulation (TBS) as a novel therapeutic tool to inhibit drug cue-associated behavior.Recent findings Our laboratory and others have spent the last 7 years systematically and empirically developing a non-invasive, neural circuit-based intervention for cocaine use disorder. Utilizing a multimodal approach of functional brain imaging and brain stimulation, we have attempted to design and optimize a repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment protocol for cocaine use disorder. This manuscript will briefly review the data largely from our own lab that motivated our selection of candidate neural circuits, and then summarize the results of six studies, culminating in the first double-blinded, sham-controlled clinical trial of TMS as a treatment adjuvant for treatment-engaged cocaine users (10 sessions, medial prefrontal cortex, 110% resting motor threshold, continuous theta burst stimulation, 3600 pulses/session).Summary The intent of this review is to highlight one example of a systematic path for TMS treatment development in patients. This path is not necessarily optimal, exclusive, or appropriate for every neurologic or psychiatric disease. Rather, it is one example of a reasoned, empirically derived pathway which we hope will serve as scaffolding for future investigators seeking to develop TMS treatment protocols.

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Hanlon, C. A., Kearney-Ramos, T., Dowdle, L. T., Hamilton, S., DeVries, W., Mithoefer, O., Austelle, C., Lench, D. H., Correia, B., Canterberry, M., Smith, J. P., Brady, K. T., & George, M. S.
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Medical University of South Carolina (US)
Corresponding author
Hanlon, Colleen A.
Venue
Current Behavioral Neuroscience Reports
Published
2017-10-23
Volume
4
Issue
4
Pages
341-352
ISSN
2196-2979 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2766931993
Cited by
31
References
60
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1.36
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Current Behavioral Neuroscience Reports (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute of Drug Abuse (K01 DA027756, R01DA0036617, R21DA041610, T32DA007288, P50 DA015369)
  • National Institute of Alcohol and Alcoholism (P50 AA010761)
  • National Institutes of Health (UL1 TR000062)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
Keywords
cocaine dependence, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, continuous theta burst stimulation, medial prefrontal cortex, frontostriatal circuits, treatment-resistant addiction, drug use behavior

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