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Transcranial magnetic stimulation in the treatment of substance addiction

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Gorelick, David A., Zangen, Abraham, George, Mark S.·2014·Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

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Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a noninvasive method of brain stimulation used to treat a variety of neuropsychiatric disorders, but is still in the early stages of study as addiction treatment. We identified 19 human studies using repetitive TMS (rTMS) to manipulate drug craving or use, which exposed a total of 316 adults to active rTMS. Nine studies involved tobacco, six alcohol, three cocaine, and one methamphetamine. The majority of studies targeted high‐frequency (5–20 Hz; expected to stimulate neuronal activity) rTMS pulses to the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. Only five studies were controlled clinical trials: two of four nicotine trials found decreased cigarette smoking; the cocaine trial found decreased cocaine use. Many aspects of optimal treatment remain unknown, including rTMS parameters, duration of treatment, relationship to cue‐induced craving, and concomitant treatment. The mechanisms of rTMS potential therapeutic action in treating addictions are poorly understood, but may involve increased dopamine and glutamate function in corticomesolimbic brain circuits and modulation of neural activity in brain circuits that mediate cognitive processes relevant to addiction, such as response inhibition, selective attention, and reactivity to drug‐associated cues. rTMS treatment of addiction must be considered experimental at this time, but appears to have a promising future.

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Authors
Gorelick, D. A., Zangen, A., & George, M. S.
Affiliations
  • University of Maryland, Baltimore (US)
  • Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (IL)
  • Medical University of South Carolina (US)
Corresponding author
Gorelick, David A.
Venue
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2014-07-28
Volume
1327
Issue
1
Pages
79-93
ISSN
  • 0077-8923 (ISSN-L)
  • 1749-6632
OpenAlex
W2154268783
Cited by
195
References
105
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FWCI
1.49
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institutes of Health (DA999999)
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
transcranial magnetic stimulation, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, substance addiction, addiction treatment, drug craving, tobacco use, alcohol consumption, cocaine use, methamphetamine, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, high-frequency stimulation, nicotine, cue-induced craving, dopamine, glutamate, response inhibition, selective attention
MeSH terms
Animals, Brain Chemistry, Humans, Inhibition, Psychological, Neurons, Prefrontal Cortex, Evidence-Based Medicine, Substance-Related Disorders, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

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