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Trial reportEuropean archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience2019

Effect of transcranial direct current stimulation on decision making and cognitive flexibility in gambling disorder.

Ahmet Zihni Soyata, Serkan Aksu, Adam J Woods, Pınar İşçen, Kardelen Türkü Saçar, Sacit Karamürsel

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Trial report in European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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6 authors.

Ahmet Zihni SoyataDepartment of Psychiatry, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Turkey Millet street, Capa, Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey.
Serkan AksuDepartment of Physiology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Millet street, Capa, Fatih, 34093, Istanbul, Turkey. aksuserkan87@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7715-0320
Adam J WoodsDepartment of Clinical and Health Psychology, Cognitive Aging and Memory Clinical Translational Research Program, Center for Cognitive Aging and Memory, McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA.
Pınar İşçenIstanbul Faculty of Medicine, Aziz Sancar Institute of Experimental Medicine, Istanbul University, Turkey Millet Street, Capa, Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey.
Kardelen Türkü SaçarDepartment of Psychiatry, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Turkey Millet street, Capa, Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey.
Sacit KaramürselDepartment of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine Istanbul, Istinye University, Maltepe District, Edirne Cirici Street No.9, Cevizlibag, Topkapı, Zeytinburnu, 34010, Istanbul, Turkey.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Decision making and cognitive flexibility are two components of cognitive control that play a critical role in the emergence, persistence, and relapse of gambling disorder. Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) over the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) has been reported to enhance decision making and cognitive flexibility in healthy volunteers and individuals with addictive disorders. In this triple-blind randomized sham-controlled parallel study, we aimed to determine whether tDCS over DLPFC would modulate decision making and cognitive flexibility in individuals with gambling disorder. Twenty participants with gambling disorder were administered Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) and Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST). Subsequently, participants were administered three every other day sessions of active right anodal /left cathodal tDCS (20 min, 2 mA) or sham stimulation over bilateral DLPFC. WCST and IGT were readministered following the last session. Baseline clinical severity, depression, impulsivity levels, and cognitive performance were similar between groups. TDCS over the DLPFC resulted in more advantageous decision making (F

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Prefrontal CortexAdolescentAdultDecision MakingDouble-Blind MethodExecutive FunctionGamblingHumansMaleMiddle AgedTranscranial Direct Current StimulationTreatment OutcomeYoung AdultAddictive disordersCognitive functionsDecision makingExecutive functionsGambling disorderTranscranial direct current stimulation

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PMID30367243

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