Two-week repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the dorsal lateral prefrontal cortex does not affect cortical excitability in chronic smokers

Background: High-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) generally induces motor cortical facilitation. However, no study has evaluated the effect of multiple rTMS sessions over the prefrontal cortex with cortical motor excitability measures in an addiction population. Here we test the hypothesis that multiple rTMS sessions over the left dorsal lateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) will not change motor cortical excitability, as measured with TMS in chronic smokers.
Source: BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation - Category: Neurology Authors: Source Type: research