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Driving innovation in addiction treatment: role of transcranial magnetic stimulation

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Addictions comprises heterogenous psychiatric conditions caused by the complex interaction of genetic, neurobiological, psychological, and environmental factors with a chronic relapsing-remitting pattern. Despite the long-standing efforts of preclinical and clinical research studies, addiction field has seen relatively slow progress when it comes to the development of new therapeutic interventions, most of which failed to demonstrate a significant efficacy. This is likely due to the very complex interplay of many factors that contribute to both the development and expression of addictions. The imbalance between the salience and the reward brain network circuitry has been proposed as the neurobiological mechanisms explaining the pathognomonic symptoms of addictions.Non-invasive neuromodulation techniques have been proposed as a promising therapeutic intervention to restore these brain circuits dysfunctions. Here, we propose a multi-level strategy to innovate the diagnosis and the treatment of addictive disorders.

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    Graziella Madeo & Antonello Bonci

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Madeo, G., Bonci, A. Driving innovation in addiction treatment: role of transcranial magnetic stimulation. J Neural Transm 131, 505–508 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00702-023-02734-2

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