Daily sessions of transcranial magnetic stimulation to the left prefrontal cortex gradually reduce cocaine craving

American Journal on Addictions

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 345-346

  Politi, Ernestina ^a   Fauci, Eugenia ^a   Santoro, Alessia ^a   Smeraldi, Enrico ^a  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DRUG DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; LETTER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SELF CONTROL; SYMPTOM; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RETREATMENT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 46949110922     PISSN: 10550496     EISSN: 15210391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10550490802139283     Document Type: Letter

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