The effects of continuous theta burst stimulation to the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex on executive function, food cravings, and snack food consumption

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 503-511

  Lowe, Cassandra J ^a   Hall, Peter A ^a   Staines, William R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dietary behavior; Executive function; Food cravings; Prefrontal cortex; Theta burst stimulation; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTICIPATION; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS THETA BURST STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIETARY SELF CONTROL; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXPERIMENTAL COGNITIVE TEST; FAST FOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD CRAVING; FOOD CRAVING QUESTIONNAIRE STATE; FOOD INTAKE; GO NO GO TASK; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; QUESTIONNAIRE; REINFORCEMENT; SELF CONTROL; SELF REPORT; STOP SIGNAL TASK; STROOP TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION SYSTEM; CLINICAL TRIAL; PHYSIOLOGY; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CRAVING; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; QUESTIONNAIRES; SNACKS; STROOP TEST; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84914158632     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000000090     Document Type: Article

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