Insular Inhibitory Neuromodulation to Reduce Cigarette Craving and Alter Brain Function in Smokers

"This study plans to learn more about the way an experimental technique called transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) affects a specific part of the brain, called the insula. Some research suggests that this part of the brain plays an important role in craving. The investigators plan to study the effects of TMS using standard surveys and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of subjects' brain."

Sham repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation will be applied to the insula in smokers.