Table 4.
Stimulation parameters during acute (daily DTMS) phases in k = 9 studies
| Study | Coil typea | Stimulation locationb | Frequency (Hz) | Intensity (% MT) | Total stimuli | Stimuli/session | Trains/session | Inter-train interval (s) | No. of sessions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alcohol | |||||||||
| Rapinesi et al., 2013 [17] | H1 | 5.5 cm | 20 | 120 | – | – | 55 | 20 | 20 |
| Rapinesi et al., 2014 [19] | H1 | 5.5 cm | 18 | 120 | – | – | 55 | 20 | 20 |
| Ceccanti et al., 2015 [20]c | H1 | 5 cm | 20 | 120 | 15,000 | 1500 | 30 | 30 | 10 |
| Girardi et al., 2015 [21] | H1 | 5.5 cm | 20 | 120 | – | – | 55 | 20 | 20 |
| Rapinesi et al., 2015 [22] | H1 | 5.5 cm | 18 | 120 | 39,600 | 1980 | 55 | 20 | 20 |
| Addolorato et al., 2017 [25]c | H | 5.5 cm | 10 | 100 | – | – | 20 | 15 | 12 |
| Nicotine | |||||||||
| Dinur-Klein et al., 2014 [18]c | HADD | 6 cm | 10 | 120 | 12,870 | 990 | 33 | 20 | 13 |
| HADD | 6 cm | 1 | 120 | 7800 | 600 | 33 | 20 | 13 | |
| Cocaine | |||||||||
| Bolloni et al., 2016 [24]c | H1 | – | 10 | 100 | – | – | 20 | 15 | 12 |
| Rapinesi et al., 2016 [23] | H1 | 5.5 cm | 15 | 100 | – | – | 20 | 20 | 12 |
aPrefrontal cortex was stimulated in all studies
bDistance from the motor ‘hot-spot’
cActive stimulation parameters
DTMS deep transcranial magnetic stimulation, k number of studies, MT resting motor threshold