Transcranial magnetic stimulation for the treatment of nicotine addiction: A systematic review

Tabaquism is a risk factor for up to 30 different diseases and the World Health Organization estimates that 7 million deaths per year are caused by nicotine addiction. Nevertheless, conventional treatments have low success rates and new therapeutic approaches, such as transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), have started to be explored in the last two decades.
Source: BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation - Category: Neurology Authors: Source Type: research