%0 Journal Article
%T Modulation of Drug Craving in Crystalline-Heroin Users by Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation of Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex
%A Hassan Shams-Esfandabad
%A Mehdi Mehraban-Eshtehardi
%A Mona Sharifi-Fardshad
%A Nader Molavi
%A Peyman Hassani-Abharian
%A Schwann Shariatirad
%J Archive of "Addiction & Health".
%D 2018
%R 10.22122/ahj.v10i3.613
%X Drug craving, the main cause of relapse and a major motivator for drug use, is a challenging obstacle in substance use treatment. Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), a non-invasive neuromodulatory technique, has shown promising outcomes in treating different neuropsychiatric disorders such as drug addiction, more specifically on drug craving. The aim in the current study was to examine the effects of applying tDCS on dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) in reducing drug cravings in former crystalline-heroin users enrolled in methadone maintenance (MMT) programs
%K Heroin
%K Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
%K Craving
%K Transcranial direct current stimulation
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6511397/