2024
rTMS effects on urges and severity of tobacco use disorder operate independently of a retrieval-extinction component and involve frontal-striatal pathways
Li S, Ma X, Chen H, Wang M, Zheng Y, Yang B, Ni H, Potenza M, Dong G. rTMS effects on urges and severity of tobacco use disorder operate independently of a retrieval-extinction component and involve frontal-striatal pathways. Journal Of Affective Disorders 2024, 349: 21-31. PMID: 38190858, DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.01.048.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDorsolateral prefrontal cortexRepetitive transcranial magnetic stimulationSmoking cravingFunctional connectivityTobacco use disorderBrain regionsRetrieval-extinction procedureLeft dorsolateral prefrontal cortexSimilar neural correlatesFrontal-striatal pathwaysStandard repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulationUse disordersMedial frontal gyrusIncreased functional connectivitySham repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulationExecutive controlSmoking cuesNeural correlatesTranscranial magnetic stimulationBrain responsesFrontal gyrusGreater activationLess activationSmoking urgesBilateral insula
2022
Neuromodulation treatments of problematic use of the Internet
Xu L, Geng X, Zhang J, Guo X, Potenza M, Zhang J. Neuromodulation treatments of problematic use of the Internet. Current Opinion In Behavioral Sciences 2022, 48: 101215. DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2022.101215.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchProblematic useBrain circuitsTranscranial direct current stimulationDorsolateral prefrontal cortexDirect current stimulationRepetitive transcranial magnetic stimulationExecutive controlNegative emotionsStimulus contextTranscranial magnetic stimulationAddictive behaviorsPrefrontal cortexCurrent stimulationAddiction severityBrain regionsMagnetic stimulationNeuromodulation treatmentsInvasive stimulationEmotionsCausal relationshipCravingFunctioningRigorous experimentsAddictionCortex
2018
Gender-related functional connectivity and craving during gaming and immediate abstinence during a mandatory break: Implications for development and progression of internet gaming disorder
Dong G, Wang Z, Wang Y, Du X, Potenza MN. Gender-related functional connectivity and craving during gaming and immediate abstinence during a mandatory break: Implications for development and progression of internet gaming disorder. Progress In Neuro-Psychopharmacology And Biological Psychiatry 2018, 88: 1-10. PMID: 29684536, DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2018.04.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDorsolateral prefrontal cortexInternet gaming disorderExecutive controlSuperior frontal gyrusFunctional connectivity
2014
Neuroimaging of Eating Disorders, Substance Use Disorders, and Addictions: Overlapping and Unique Systems
Gearhardt A, Boswell R, Potenza M. Neuroimaging of Eating Disorders, Substance Use Disorders, and Addictions: Overlapping and Unique Systems. 2014, 71-89. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-45378-6_4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAddictive disordersMemory/learningDomains of impairmentBinge-eating disorderExecutive controlNeural commonalitiesEmotional reactivityInteroceptive awarenessSubstance use disordersEating DisordersBulimia nervosaDimensional approachAnorexia nervosaUse disordersFuture researchDevelopment of treatmentsNervosaDisordersRewardFunctioningMotivationAddictionConceptualizationLearningImpairment