Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), a non-invasive brain stimulation technique, has been studied as an adjunctive therapeutic agent for alcohol dependence. In a 3-months follow-up after intervention, 72.2% of sham-tDCS group relapsed to the alcohol use whereas 72.7% of tDCS group were...

There is growing interest in non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) as a novel treatment option for substance-use disorders (SUDs). Recent momentum stems from a foundation of preclinical neuroscience demonstrating links between neural circuits and drug consuming behavior, as well as recent FDA...

Source: Kang, J., Kim, H., Hwang, S.H. et al. Primate ventral striatum maintains neural representations of the value of previously rewarded objects for habitual seeking. Nat Commun 12, 2100 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22335-5 Abstract The ventral striatum (VS) is considered a key...