Clinical trials: Primary Motor Cortex
Motor Activity
Investigating Motor Cortex Processing for Pain Modulation
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of different types of interventions (motor learning, somatosensory learning, observation task, mental imagery and tDCS) on the perception of pain and motor cortex…
- Trial name
- NCT01404039
- Testing
- Motor Learning, Somatosensory Learning, Observational Task
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 115 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
Temporomandibular Joint Disorders
Motor Cortex as a Research & Therapeutic Target in TMD
The investigators are doing a study to learn about the effects of a type of low-energy non-surgical electrical brain stimulation (HD-tDCS) on chronic pain in people's jaw joints.
- Trial name
- NCT02247063
- Testing
- High-Definition Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (HD-tDCS)
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Stroke
Structurally Reorganizing Motor Cortex in Stroke Patients Through Hebbian-type Stimulation
Stroke is a leading cause of morbidity in the United States but identification of treatment strategies to improve outcome is limited by the incomplete understanding of the mechanisms of recovery.
- Trial name
- NCT01569607
- Testing
- Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people
- Sponsor
- Cathrin Buetefisch
Tetraplegia, Spinal Cord Injury
ECoG Direct Brain Interface for Individuals With Upper Limb Paralysis
The purpose of this research study is to demonstrate that individuals with upper limb paralysis due to spinal cord injury, brachial plexus injury, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and brain stem stroke can successfully achieve…
- Conditions
- Tetraplegia, Spinal Cord Injury, Brachial Plexus Injury, Muscular Dystrophy
- Trial name
- NCT01393444
- Testing
- Implantation of ECoG sensors on the brain surface
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Cerebrovascular Stroke
Noninvasive Brain Stimulation to Evaluate Neural Plasticity After Stroke
The purpose of this study is to examine how different areas in the brain interact with each other and how using brain imaging and brain stimulation approaches can influence these interactions.
- Trial name
- NCT02465034
- Testing
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Traditional Paired Associative Stimulation, Median Nerve Stimulation
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Glucose Metabolism Disorders
Glucose and Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation
Purpose: In this study, the investigators will delineate how brain network dynamics are modulated by experimentally induced elevated blood glucose levels and examine how glucose levels gate neuronal excitability measured by the…
- Trial name
- NCT04031404
- Testing
- Single-pulse TMS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 23 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Stroke, Stroke Sequelae
Noninvasive VNS to Facilitate Excitability in Motor Cortex
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) positively influences motor rehabilitation in stroke recovery. Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) has shown effects on cortical plasticity.
- Conditions
- Stroke, Stroke Sequelae, Motor Activity
- Trial name
- NCT04130646
- Testing
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
Cortical Excitability, Psychiatric Disorder
Effects of L-theanine on Motor Cortex Excitability in Healthy Subjects: A Paired-Pulse TMS Study
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a serious mental illness and the leading cause of disability worldwide. New pharmacotherapeutic agents with complementary neurobiological mechanism and better side effect profile are of great…
- Trial name
- NCT04749745
- Testing
- L-theanine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 11 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Butler Hospital
Motor Activity, Motor Neuroplasticity
Modulation of Motor Cortex Excitability by TMS and tDCS (MAGS1)
Investigating modulation of motor cortex excitability by transcranial magnetic stimulation and transcranial direct current stimulation.
- Trial name
- NCT03481309
- Testing
- anodal tDCS, cathodal tDCS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 19 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Parkinson Disease
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to Treat Parkinson's Disease
This study will look at the effects of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) on symptoms of Parkinson's disease. TMS is a method of brain stimulation that may be able to change the activity of the nerve cells of the brain.
- Trial name
- NCT00753519
- Testing
- Real iTBS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people
- Sponsor
- Mark Hallett
Parkinson's Disease, Musculoskeletal Pain
Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Musculoskeletal Pain in Patients With Parkinson's Disease
Pain is an increasingly recognized non-motor symptom of Parkinson's disease (PD), with significant prevalence and negative impact on the quality of life of patients.
- Conditions
- Parkinson's Disease, Musculoskeletal Pain, Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Primary Motor Cortex
- Trial name
- NCT05537597
- Testing
- active M1-rTMS
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 62 people
- Sponsor
- Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University
Swallowing
Stability of Motor Output in Aging Adults
The goal of this project is to examine the area of the brain that controls muscle movement for a group of muscles important for swallowing, and to see how that area changes over 2 weeks of time.
- Trial name
- NCT00970736
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Asperger Disorder
Neurocircuitry of Autism- fMRI and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
This study uses functional brain imaging and noninvasive brain stimulation techniques to study the brain basis of developmental disorders like Autism Spectrum Disorder and Asperger Disorder.
- Conditions
- Autism Spectrum Disorder, Asperger Disorder, Pervasive Developmental Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT01553240
- Testing
- TMS and functional MRI (Magstim)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 8 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- New York State Psychiatric Institute
Healthy
Metaplasticity Experimental Design and Comparison of Motor Outcome Measure Sensitivity to Change
The overall objective is to validate the methodology of a metaplasticity experimental design by assessing change in motor excitability after administration of priming transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) followed by…
- Trial name
- NCT03304262
- Testing
- rTMS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of New Mexico
Knee Osteoarthritis, Chronic Pain
Motor Cortex Plasticity and the Effect of Deep Intramuscular Needling Stimulation Therapy (DIMST) in Osteoarthritis Pain
The aim of this study is to evaluate the cortical excitability in pain of knee osteoarthritis (OA), as well as the effect of one session of a kind of electroacupuncture (deep needling intramuscular stimulation therapy - DIMST) in…
- Trial name
- NCT01855958
- Testing
- DIMST
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 26 people
- Sponsor
- Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
Stroke
Phase-dependent Evaluation of Motor Cortex Excitability With TMS in Stroke
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) on motor cortex excitability in individuals who have suffered stroke and to study the influence of the phase of the oscillatory…
- Trial name
- NCT04968743
- Testing
- Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Locked-In Syndrome
First Study With a Brain Implant to Help Locked-in Patients Communicate at Home
In this study a new means of communication for people with locked-in syndrome will be tested. The investigators will record brain signals directly from the surface of the brain by means of a completely implantable system.
- Trial name
- UNP (NCT02224469)
- Testing
- ECoG (electrocorticography) sensing
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 6 people
- Sponsor
- UMC Utrecht