Clinical trials: Functional Neuroimaging
Dementia With Lewy Bodies, Alzheimer Disease
Optical Neuroimaging and Cognition
Dementia is associated with a variety of neurovascular and neurometabolic abnormalities. Traditional imaging techniques used to investigate such abnormalities, such as Positron Emission Tomography and functional Magnetic…
- Conditions
- Dementia With Lewy Bodies, Alzheimer Disease, Mild Cognitive Impairment
- Trial name
- ONAC (NCT05460143)
- Testing
- Near-infrared Spectroscopy scan, Magnetic Resonance Imaging scan
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Cambridge
Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementias, Cognition
Home-Based Brain Stimulation for Motoric Cognitive Risk Syndrome
The objective of this study is to determine the effects of a 6-month, home-based personalized transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) intervention targeting the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex on cognitive function…
- Conditions
- Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementias, Cognition, Mobility Disability
- Trial name
- TDCS4MCR (NCT06821568)
- Testing
- Personalized Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Israel
- Volunteers
- 128 people
- Sponsor
- Hebrew SeniorLife
Meditation, Mindfulness
Investigation of Functional Brain Network in Altered Meditation State With Multimodal Neuroimaging
The purpose of this study is to investigate functional brain network in altered meditation state with multimodal neuroimaging.
- Trial name
- NCT05020301
- Testing
- external meditation guided audio, internal meditation guided audio
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Shanghai Mental Health Center
Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 (DM1)
Brain Involvement in Myotonic Dystrophy Type I: From Functional Neuroimaging to the Impact on Quality of Life
This project aims to characterize DM1 patients, by collecting clinical, neuropsychological, neuroimaging, and molecular rehabilitative data, in order to elucidate the etiology of cognitive troubles, with special attention to the…
- Trial name
- BrainDM (NCT03589677)
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- IRCCS San Camillo, Venezia, Italy
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Neuroimaging and Biomarkers in Chronic Visceral Pain
The purpose of this study is to use functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to evaluate brain resting state networks, responses to abdominal stimuli and the effect of MBSR Training on these measures.
- Trial name
- NCT01602575
- Testing
- Mindfulness based Stress Reduction Training (MBSR)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 119 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Cognitive Change
Impact of Challenging Engagement on Cognition in Older Adults
The study will enroll 90 participants in the "Impact of Challenging Engagement" study and assign them to one of three groups: high-demand photography, moderate-demand photography, and active placebo.
- Trial name
- engAGE (NCT03962439)
- Testing
- High-Demand Photography, Moderate-Demand Photography, At-Home Engagement
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas at Dallas
Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain
Impact of Exercise Training on Pain and Brain Function in Gulf War Veterans
This study is intended to test the influence of weight training on physical symptoms, physical activity and brain structure and function in Gulf War Veterans with chronic widespread muscle pain.
- Trial name
- NCT01350492
- Testing
- Resistance Exercise Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 77 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Stroke, Blindness
Functional Neuroimaging of Cortical Plasticity in the Human Visual System
The study's objective is to measure changes in human visual cortex organization that may arise as a result of injury to the visual pathways.
- Conditions
- Stroke, Blindness, Vision
- Trial name
- NCT01062672
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Germany
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Baylor College of Medicine
Stroke, Spinal Cord Injury
Synergistic Effect of Non-invasive Brain and Spinal Cord Stimulation
The goal of this clinical study is to investigate the potential synergy between non-invasive brain and spinal cord stimulation administered during a cognitive-motor task, in terms of their immediate effects on sensorimotor and…
- Conditions
- Stroke, Spinal Cord Injury, Able Bodied
- Trial name
- BrainSpineStim (NCT07334977)
- Testing
- tDCS, tSCS, Cognitive-Motor Task
- Where
- 2 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France
Healthy Subjects
Exploring the Effects of Diazepam and Lorazepam
Aims : exploring lorazepam (0.038 mg/kg) effects, after a single oral intake, in healthy volunteers, on the neural correlates of encoding and retrieval of information during a word-stem completion task (implicit memory), using…
- Trial name
- ibid (NCT00696033)
- Testing
- Diazepam, Lorazepam
- Where
- 2 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Strasbourg, France
Neurogenic Bladder, Multiple Sclerosis
Neuromodulating Cortical Regions Involved in Neurogenic Bladder in MS
Neurogenic overactive bladder (NOAB), characterized by urinary frequency, urgency or urgency incontinence symptoms occurring during the storage phase of the bladder, is the most common urinary complaint in multiple sclerosis…
- Conditions
- Neurogenic Bladder, Multiple Sclerosis, Overactive Bladder
- Trial name
- MSBLADDER (NCT06072703)
- Testing
- Magstim Rapid2 System
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 29 people
- Sponsor
- The Methodist Hospital Research Institute
Cognitive Decline, Executive Dysfunction
Fitness on White Matter and Cognition in Aging
Cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) is associated with decreased risk for mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia. CRF is linked with more conserved gray and white matter (WM) volume, improved WM microstructural integrity, and…
- Conditions
- Cognitive Decline, Executive Dysfunction, Cardiovascular Risk Factor
- Trial name
- NCT03775941
- Volunteers
- 645 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Suffolk University
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Brain Imaging and Pain in Irritable Bowel Syndrome
This study examines the mechanisms, including brain imaging of placebo analgesia
- Trial name
- NCT00065754
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Alzheimer's Disease, Mild Cognitive Impairment
A Composite MR Neuroimaging Marker for Alzheimer's Disease
The purpose of this study is to use a functional MRI (fMRI) index to compare the brain activity of healthy volunteers to that of people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer's disease.
- Conditions
- Alzheimer's Disease, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Frontotemporal Dementia
- Trial name
- NCT01615666
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical College of Wisconsin
Sleep Deprivation
Effects of Sleep Deprivation and Recovery on Cognitive Functions
This study will measure brain activity in individuals performing language tasks while in various states of alertness to learn more about how the central nervous system is affected by impairments such as sleepiness.
- Trial name
- NCT00179322
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 29 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Neuronal Activity
Acute Pain Memory Among Former Burned: Exploration of fMRI.
Pain is complex phenomenon misunderstood in spite of medical progress and neurosciences. That's why the relief of chronic pain is only partial for a lot of infection as arthrosis, chronic back pain, headaches or neuropathic pain.
- Trial name
- EXPLO-DMA (NCT03224975)
- Testing
- fMRI
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne
Anesthesia, Pain
Nitrous Oxide Neuroimaging
The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of acute pain on long-term memory and conditioned physiologic responses in the presence and absence of low dose nitrous oxide.
- Conditions
- Anesthesia, Pain, Amnesia
- Trial name
- NONI (NCT06702631)
- Testing
- Nitrous oxide, Peripheral Nerve Stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Keith M Vogt
Cerebral Palsy, Children
Physical, Functional and Neural Effects of Two Lower Extremity Exercise Protocols in Children With Cerebral Palsy
Background: Many people who have cerebral palsy (CP) have spastic diplegia, which affects the legs and causes difficulty with leg movement and walking.
- Conditions
- Cerebral Palsy, Children, Adolescents
- Trial name
- NCT01086670
- Testing
- Physical Exercise
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 55 people
- Sponsor
- National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
Obesity
Cerebral Blood Flow Changes in People With Obesity After Glucose Consumption
This study evaluates the hypothesis that a meal constituted of only glucose produces differences in the brain blood flow in people with obesity that are not observed in people without obesity.
- Trial name
- NCT02072694
- Testing
- 75 grams of glucose plus water solution, Pure water
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo
Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting
An Examination of Cognitive Fatigue Using Functional Neuroimaging
The purpose of this research study is to investigate the effectiveness of MS Disease modifying medications on cognitive fatigue in persons with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS).
- Trial name
- NCT04885894
- Testing
- Zeposia
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kessler Foundation