A randomized placebo-controlled trial of targeted prefrontal cortex modulation with bilateral tDCS in patients with crack-cocaine dependence

International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1-11

  Batista, Edson Kruger ^a   Klauss, Jaisa ^a   Fregni, Felipe ^b   Nitsche, Michael A ^c,d,e   Nakamura Palacios, Ester Miyuki ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d LEIBNIZ RESEARCH CENTRE FOR WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN FACTORS   (Germany)

^e RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crack cocaine; Craving; Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; Quality of life; tDCS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DORSOLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF ESTEEM; SMOKING; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANXIETY; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CRAVING; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COCAINE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CRACK COCAINE; CRAVING; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84958086110     PISSN: 14611457     EISSN: 14695111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ijnp/pyv066     Document Type: Article

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