Emergence of Sexual Dreams and Emission Following Deep Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation over the Medial Prefrontal and Cingulate Cortices

Title:Emergence of Sexual Dreams and Emission Following Deep Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation over the Medial Prefrontal and Cingulate Cortices

Volume: 20 Issue: 4

Author(s): Ying Shen, Xinyu Cao, Ning-Ning Zeng, Yingjie Wang, Hangbin Zhang, Abraham Zangen and Ti-Fei Yuan*

Affiliation:

• Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai,China

Abstract: In a pilot study involving methamphetamine dependents receiving deep Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (dTMS) targeting the medial prefrontal and cingulate cortices with H7 coil (Brainsway, Israel), we assessed clinical outcomes from patients receiving 20 sessions of dTMS treatments over 4 weeks (5 days on, 2 days off). Although the primary outcome was the behavioral changes related to addiction, we encountered a phenomenon of robust increases in sexual dreams and emission in a patient recruited for this study, which may inform alterations in cortical excitability following dTMS treatment.

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Shen Ying , Cao Xinyu, Zeng Ning-Ning , Wang Yingjie , Zhang Hangbin, Zangen Abraham and Yuan Ti-Fei *, Emergence of Sexual Dreams and Emission Following Deep Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation over the Medial Prefrontal and Cingulate Cortices, CNS & Neurological Disorders - Drug Targets 2021; 20 (4) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1871527319666201209111620