Theta Burst TMS over the Pre-SMA Improves Inhibitory Control in Gambling Disorder Subjects as Assessed with Stop Signal Task

• Published in: Brain sciences Vol. 15; no. 5; p. 448
• Main Authors: Gavazzi, Gioele, Cavaliere, Carlo, Salvatore, Marco, Makris, Nikolaos, Pallanti, Stefano
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 25.04.2025; MDPI
• Subjects: Achievement tests; Addictions; Behavior; Brain research; cTBS; Drug therapy; Gambling; inhibitory control; Magnetic fields; Medical research; Medicine, Experimental; Neurophysiology; pre-SMA; Presupplementary motor area; Reaction time task; SST; Supplementary motor area; TMS; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Massachusetts; gambling; pre-SMA; TMS; cTBS; SST; inhibitory control

Background. Inhibitory control failure represents a central trait in substance and behavioral addictions, which includes patients affected with gambling disorder (GD). In GD patients, research on this trait of the addiction cycle has primarily focused on the use of pharmacological treatments for its...