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## Background: Alcohol dependence (ad) is characterized by a set of physical and behavioral symptoms, which may include withdrawal, tolerance and craving. recently, noninvasive brain stimulation (nibs) methods, namely transcranial direct current stimulation (tdcs) and transcranial magnetic stimulation (tms), have been investigated as possible new therapeutic approaches for adjusting the pathological neuroplasticity involved in alcohol dependence. therefore, we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis on the therapeutic uses of tdcs and rtms in ad patients. ## Methods: A systematic search was performed on scopus, web of science, pubmed, cochrane library and proquest. search terms presented the diagnoses of interest (alcohol dependence, alcohol craving, alcohol use disorders and hazardous drinkers) and the intervention of interest (nibs, tms, rtms, tbs, tdcs, tacs and transcranial). original articles reporting the use of tdcs or rtms to treat ad were screened and studied by two researchers independently based on prisma guidelines. next, in the meta-analysis step, random-effects model was utilized to measure the pooled effect size. ## Results: We found 34 eligible studies inclu

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Author

Mostafavi, Seyed-Ali; Khaleghi, Ali; Mohammadi, Mohammad Reza

Publisher

Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier BV (ISSN 0278-5846)

Published

2020

Language

EN

Field

Neuroscience (Life Sciences)