Clinical trials: Cortical Activation, open to volunteers
Stroke
Cortical Activation During Walking in Stroke
After stroke, damage to one cerebral hemisphere disrupts the normal balance of activity between the two hemispheres. The affected hemisphere typically exhibits reduced excitability, whereas the unaffected side may demonstrate…
- Trial name
- NCT06840405
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Corticospinal Excitability, Cortical Activation
LAnguage-Motor Imagery Circuits to Improve Motor Learning and Language Comprehension
Recent evidence suggests that cognitive systems do not operate in isolation but interact within broader networks, thus opening new avenues for fundamental and clinical research.
- Trial name
- LAMI (NCT06478303)
- Testing
- Motor imagery, Action reading, Motor localizer
- Where
- 2 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 105 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Grenoble
Amniotic Band Syndrome, Upper Extremity Deformities, Congenital
The Influence of 3D Printed Prostheses on Neural Activation Patterns
The neural basis underlying motor performance in children using a prosthesis has been severely understudied resulting in minimal empirical evidence.
- Trial name
- NCT04110730
- Testing
- 3D Printed Upper-limb Prosthesis, Home Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Nebraska
Alzheimer Disease
Longitudinal Imaging of Microglial Activation in Different Clinical Variants of Alzheimer's Disease
The purpose of this study is to determine how inflammation is related to other changes in the brain that occur during the progression of Alzheimer's disease.
- Trial name
- ADVISe (NCT04576793)
- Testing
- 11C-ER176, 18F-MK6240, 18F-Florbetaben
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Cortical Activation
Menstrual Cycle TMS Plasticity Pilot
Aim 1: Assess how menstrual cycle phase affects motor cortex plasticity in females. Aim 2: Compare motor cortex plasticity between males and females across the same time points, identifying potential sex differences in TMS…
- Trial name
- NCT07180654
- Testing
- transcranial magnetic stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Brain Diseases, Central Nervous System Diseases
Investigating the Feasibility of Combining Virtual Reality and Bilateral Transcranial Direct Stimulation to Improve Upper Limb Recovery in Patients With Stroke
Following a stroke, the function of the distal upper limb, especially hand and finger movements, is often severely compromised, significantly restricting the ability to carry out daily activities.
- Conditions
- Brain Diseases, Central Nervous System Diseases, Nervous System Diseases, Stroke
- Trial name
- bi-tDCS+VR (NCT07288385)
- Testing
- Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation combined with virtual reality
- Where
- Saudi Arabia
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- King Saud University
Cerebral Palsy, Children
Cerebral Palsy and the Study of Brain Activity During Motor Tasks
Background: Two ways to study the brain while people are moving are near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) and electroencephalography (EEG). NIRS uses light to look at blood flow in the brain when it is active.
- Trial name
- NCT01829724
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 320 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
Spinal Cord Injury
Virtual Reality Dual Task Training in SCI: Effects on Cognition and Cortical Activation
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a severe neurological condition characterized by the loss of motor and sensory functions due to damage in the spinal cord or the nerves branching from it.
- Trial name
- NCT07019207
- Testing
- VR-Based Dual-Task Training with Motor Imagery, VR-Based Dual-Task Training without Motor Imagery, Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 45 people
- Sponsor
- Istinye University
Motor Learning, Aging
OPTIMAL Motor Learning in Table Tennis: A fNIRS Study
This study investigates how OPTIMAL theory influences table tennis backhand learning in young, healthy older, and mild cognitively impaired older adults.
- Conditions
- Motor Learning, Aging, Coginitive Dysfunction
- Trial name
- NCT07914608
- Testing
- OPTIMAL theory-based Instruction, Conventional Instruction (Control)
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Healthy Aging, Cognitive Benefits
Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Acute High-Intensity Exercise Effects on Brain and Cognitive Function in Older Adults
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether a single session of high-intensity interval exercise (HIIT) affects cognitive performance and brain activity in older adults, and whether cardiorespiratory fitness influences…
- Conditions
- Healthy Aging, Cognitive Benefits, Cardio Respiratory Fitness, Brain Activity
- Trial name
- ExBrain (NCT07727577)
- Testing
- High-Intensity Interval Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Colby-Sawyer College
Stroke, Hemiparesis of the Upper Limb Following Stroke
Neurophysiological and Behavioral Effects of Combining Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) and Modified-Constraint Induced Movement Therapy (mCIMT)
This clinical trial aims to evaluate the effect of different types of tDCS modulation with mCIMT in improving affected upper-limb motor function for stroke patients.
- Conditions
- Stroke, Hemiparesis of the Upper Limb Following Stroke, Stroke Rehabilitatiom
- Trial name
- tDCS and mCIMT (NCT06786000)
- Testing
- Anodal tDCS combined with mCIMT, Cathodal tDCS combined with mCIMT, Bihemispheric tDCS combined with mCIMT
- Where
- Saudi Arabia
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- King Saud University
Stuttering, Adult
Using Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to Treat Stuttering
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if repeated transcranial magnetic stimuli (rTMS) can treat stuttering in adults. The main questions it aims to answer are: Will there be changes in the brains of people who stutter…
- Trial name
- NCT07389694
- Testing
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Kansas State University
Cervical Spinal Cord Injury, Tetraplegia/Tetraparesis
Spinal Cord Associative Plasticity Study
Spinal cord associative plasticity (SCAP) is a combined cortical and spinal electrical stimulation technique developed to induce recovery of arm and hand function in spinal cord injury.
- Conditions
- Cervical Spinal Cord Injury, Tetraplegia/Tetraparesis, Cervical Myelopathy
- Trial name
- SCAP (NCT05163639)
- Testing
- Non-invasive pairing of cortical and spinal stimulation, Intraoperative pairing of cortical and spinal stimulation, Non-invasive repeated pairing of cortical and spinal stimulation (SCAP)
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 92 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University