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