Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) in the Management of Alcohol Dependence and other Substance Abuse Disorders – Emerging Data and Clinical Relevance

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) has been used widely in various psychiatric disorders like depression and schizophrenia. There have been some reports of its usefulness in alcohol dependence and substance use disorders. The present paper reviews the studies done using rTMS in subs...

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Main Author: Avinash De Sousa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Iran University of Medical Sciences 2013-08-01
Series:Basic and Clinical Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://bcn.iums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-173&slc_lang=en&sid=1
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description Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) has been used widely in various psychiatric disorders like depression and schizophrenia. There have been some reports of its usefulness in alcohol dependence and substance use disorders. The present paper reviews the studies done using rTMS in substance use disorders including alcohol and nicotine dependence. Various studies done have been reviewed including the proposed mechanisms of action are outlined with the future research needs and need for further clinical data
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spellingShingle Avinash De Sousa
Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) in the Management of Alcohol Dependence and other Substance Abuse Disorders – Emerging Data and Clinical Relevance
Basic and Clinical Neuroscience
rTMS
Substance Use Disorders
Alcohol Dependence
Nicotine Dependence
Opiate
Heroin
Amphetamine
title Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) in the Management of Alcohol Dependence and other Substance Abuse Disorders – Emerging Data and Clinical Relevance
title_full Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) in the Management of Alcohol Dependence and other Substance Abuse Disorders – Emerging Data and Clinical Relevance
title_fullStr Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) in the Management of Alcohol Dependence and other Substance Abuse Disorders – Emerging Data and Clinical Relevance
title_full_unstemmed Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) in the Management of Alcohol Dependence and other Substance Abuse Disorders – Emerging Data and Clinical Relevance
title_short Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) in the Management of Alcohol Dependence and other Substance Abuse Disorders – Emerging Data and Clinical Relevance
title_sort repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation rtms in the management of alcohol dependence and other substance abuse disorders emerging data and clinical relevance
topic rTMS
Substance Use Disorders
Alcohol Dependence
Nicotine Dependence
Opiate
Heroin
Amphetamine
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