Intermittent theta burst stimulation of the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex has no additional effect on the efficacy of virtual reality exposure therapy for acrophobia. A randomized double-blind placebo-controlled study.

Autor: Bohmeier B; Center of Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, University Hospital of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany., Cybinski LM; Center of Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, University Hospital of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany., Gromer D; Department of Psychology (Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy), University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany., Bellinger D; Center of Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, University Hospital of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany., Deckert J; Center of Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, University Hospital of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany., Erhardt-Lehmann A; Center of Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, University Hospital of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany; Department of Translational Research in Psychiatry, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany., Deserno L; Center of Mental Health, Department for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, University Hospital of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany., Mühlberger A; Department of Psychology (Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy), University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany., Pauli P; Department of Psychology (Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy), University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany., Polak T; Center of Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, University Hospital of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany., Herrmann MJ; Center of Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, University Hospital of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany. Electronic address: Herrmann_M@ukw.de.

Publikováno v: Behavioural brain research [Behav Brain Res] 2025 Jan 05; Vol. 476, pp. 115232. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Sep 03.