Efficacy and acceptability of noninvasive brain stimulation for treating posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms: A network meta‐analysis of randomized controlled trials

• Published in: Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica Vol. 150; no. 1; pp. 5 - 21
• Main Authors: Tseng, Ping‐Tao, Zeng, Bing‐Yan, Wang, Hung‐Yu, Zeng, Bing‐Syuan, Liang, Chih‐Sung, Chen, Yang‐Chieh Brian, Stubbs, Brendon, Carvalho, Andre F., Brunoni, Andre R., Su, Kuan‐Pin, Tu, Yu‐Kang, Wu, Yi‐Cheng, Chen, Tien‐Yu, Li, Dian‐Jeng, Lin, Pao‐Yen, Chen, Yen‐Wen, Hsu, Chih‐Wei, Hung, Kuo‐Chuan, Shiue, Yow‐Ling, Li, Cheng‐Ta
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.07.2024
• Subjects: Amygdala; Clinical trials; Electrical stimulation of the brain; ESB; Humans; Magnetic fields; Meta-analysis; network meta‐analysis; Neural networks; non‐invasive brain stimulation; Patient Acceptance of Health Care; Post traumatic stress disorder; Prefrontal cortex; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; rTMS; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - therapy; tDCS; Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation - methods; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation - methods; Treatment Outcome; Vagus nerve; Vagus Nerve Stimulation - methods; network meta‐analysis; non‐invasive brain stimulation; tDCS; rTMS; post‐traumatic stress disorder

Introduction Despite its high lifetime prevalence rate and the elevated disability caused by posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), treatments exhibit modest efficacy. In consideration of the abnormal connectivity between the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) and amygdala in PTSD, several random...