Temporal Interference Neurostimulation and Addiction

Description

This project aims to develop a line of research using new non-invasive neurostimulation technology to treat adults with opioid use disorders (OUDs). In the short term, the investigators aim to identify novel target brain regions for neurostimulation treatment and characterize their effects behaviorally and neurally. In the longer term, investigators aim to use these preliminary data to justify NIH sponsored clinical trials to apply transcranial direct current stimulation and non-invasive deep brain stimulation to these areas to partially or completely disrupt addiction.

Conditions

Nicotine Use Disorder, Substance Use Disorders

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

This project aims to develop a line of research using new non-invasive neurostimulation technology to treat adults with opioid use disorders (OUDs). In the short term, the investigators aim to identify novel target brain regions for neurostimulation treatment and characterize their effects behaviorally and neurally. In the longer term, investigators aim to use these preliminary data to justify NIH sponsored clinical trials to apply transcranial direct current stimulation and non-invasive deep brain stimulation to these areas to partially or completely disrupt addiction.

Temporal Interference Neurostimulation and Addiction

Temporal Interference Neurostimulation and Addiction

Condition
Nicotine Use Disorder
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Bloomington

Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States, 47403

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Must be between the ages of 18 and 40, must have at least 6th grade education, and the ability to speak and read English, must smoke at least 3/4 of a pack of cigarettes per day, must have phone with internet access.
  • * if they are on psychotropic medications for ADHD, other mental illness or medication for cancer, epilepsy (i.e. individuals with any history of seizure disorder), migraines, or other neurological syndromes, or AIDs (which can cause cognitive deficits (Watkins \& Treisman, 2015), history of head trauma, history of cognitive impairments, metal implants in the head or under the scalp, personal experiences consistent with symptoms of psychosis (i.e. mind or body being secretly controlled, special powers, seeing or hearing things that aren't really there).
  • * Subjects will be excluded if they do not meet fMRI safety screening criteria (i.e. metal implants in their body, tattoo on head or neck, permanent jewelry, etc.) or if a participant uses an IUD for birth control they will be excluded unless the subject can document the model of the IUD and we can verify its safety for the MRI environment. Pregnancy should be self-reported, and a pregnancy test will not be administered. Participants must also weigh less than 440 lbs.
  • * History of holes bored into skull or known fissures in cranial bones
  • * Presence of pacemakers

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to 40 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

Indiana University,

Study Record Dates

2027-05