Pierre-Olivier Gaudreault, Akarsh Sharma, Abhishek Datta, Ester M Nakamura-Palacios, Sarah King, Pias Malaker, Ariella Wagner, Devarshi Vasa, Muhammad A Parvaz, Lucas C Parra, Nelly Alia-Klein, Rita Z Goldstein
Impaired inhibitory control accompanied by enhanced salience attributed to drug-related cues, both associated with function of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlPFC), are hallmarks of drug addiction, contributing to worse symptomatology including craving. dlPFC modulation with transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) previously showed craving reduction in inpatients with cocaine use disorder (CUD). Our study aimed at assessing feasibility of a longer tDCS protocol in CUD (15 vs. the common five/10 sessions) and replicability of previous results...
March 4, 2021: European Journal of Neuroscience