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Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in the Treatment of Drug Abuse and Other Brain Disorders



Meeting, March 16, 2004

Bethesda Marriott
5151 Pooks Hill Road
Bethesda, MD 20814
Phone: (301) 897-9400
http://marriott.com



Agenda

9:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. Introduction
N. Volkow, M.D. Majewska, F. Vocci
9:15 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. Imaging of Drug-Addicted Brain: Craving and Chronic Changes
N. Volkow
9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Potential Transcranial Stimulation Treatments for Drug Addiction: Basic Mechanisms
E. Wassermann
10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Cortical Excitability Abnormalities in Drug-Free Cocaine-Dependent Patients
N. Boutros
11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. TMS in Neuropsychiatry and Neurology
A. Pascual-Leone
11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Combining TMS with fMRI as a Research Tool and Potential Treatment of Substance Abuse Disorders
M. George
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. A Review of the Efficacy of TMS in the Treatment of Depression
D. Avery
1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Psychiatric Applications of TMS/MST - Possible Relevance to Substance Use Disorders and Their Psychiatric Comorbidities
S. Lisanby
2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Therapeutic Uses of TMS in Neurological Disorders
M. Hallett
2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. rTMS Can Modulate Learning and Memory: Urge the Purge
J. Grafman
3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. TMS in Addiction: Parallels with OCD
B. Greenberg
3:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Break
3:45 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. General Discussion
5:30 p.m. Adjourn


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