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ArticleBasic and clinical neuroscience

Cortical Morphology in Cannabis Use Disorder: Implications for Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Treatment.

Ghazaleh Soleimani, Farzad Towhidkhah, Mehrdad Saviz, Hamed Ekhtiari

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Article in Basic and clinical neuroscience. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Four dimensions of individualization in brain stimulation for psychiatric disorders: context, target, dose, and timing.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2025
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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ghazaleh SoleimaniDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5513-4458
Farzad TowhidkhahDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3135-9609
Mehrdad SavizDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1925-5834
Hamed EkhtiariLaureate Institute of Brain Research, Tulsa, United States of America.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6902-8798
Amirkabir University of Technology · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) has been studied as an adjunctive treatment option for substance use disorders (SUDs). Alterations in brain structure following SUD may change tDCS-induced electric field (EF) and subsequent responses; however, group-level differences between healthy controls (HC) and participants with SUDs in terms of EF and its association with cortical architecture have not yet been modeled quantitatively. This study provides a methodology for group-level analysis of computational head models to investigate the influence of cortical morphology metrics on EFs. Methods: Whole-brain surface-based morphology was conducted, and cortical thickness, volume, and surface area were compared between participants with cannabis use disorders (CUD) (n=20) and age-matched HC (n=22). Meanwhile, EFs were simulated for bilateral tDCS over the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. The effects of structural alterations on EF distribution were investigated based on individualized computational head models. Results: Regarding EF, no significant difference was found within the prefrontal cortex; however, EFs were significantly different in left-postcentral and right-superior temporal gyrus (P<0.05) with higher levels of variance in CUD compared to HC [F Conclusion: Brain morphology and tDCS-induced EFs may be changed following CUD; however, differences between CUD and HCs in EFs do not always overlap with brain areas that show structural alterations. To sufficiently modulate stimulation targets, whether individuals with CUD need different stimulation doses based on tDCS target location should be checked.

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Computational head modelsCortical morphologyDorsolateral prefrontal cortexIndividual differencesSubstance use disordertDCS

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