Clinical trials: Brain Structural Connectivity
Development, Child, Executive Functions
Orchestra in Class, a Novel Booster for Executive Functions and Brain Development in Young Primary School Children
How to optimally stimulate the developing brain is still unclear. Executive functions (EF) exhibited substantially stronger far transfer effects in children who learned to play a musical instrument than in children who acquired…
- Conditions
- Development, Child, Executive Functions, Interventions, Music
- Trial name
- ORBIT (NCT05912270)
- Testing
- Orchestra in Class
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- School of Health Sciences Geneva
Epilepsies, Focal, Pediatrics
Impact of Epileptic Discharge on the Structural Connectivity of the Developing Brain
Focal epilepsy is associated with widespread alterations in structural brain connectivity, often present at the disease onset and related to learning disabilities.
- Conditions
- Epilepsies, Focal, Pediatrics, Drug Resistant Epilepsy
- Trial name
- EPITRACT (NCT03268824)
- Testing
- Electroencephalogram (EEG), Diffusion Tensor imaging, Language assessment
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 82 people
- Sponsor
- Fondation Ophtalmologique Adolphe de Rothschild
Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe, MRI Scans
Structural Cartography of the Insula in Temporal Epilepsy Patients
The purpose of this study is to investigate insula structural connectivity in temporal epilepsy patients. Insula being at the interface of frontal, parietal, occipital and temporal lobes, its structural organization reflects the…
- Trial name
- CON-INSULA (NCT04871555)
- Testing
- MRI
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 115 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Central Hospital, Nancy, France
Friedreich's Ataxia, Motor Disorders
Electroencephalogram in Patients With Friedreich's Ataxia for the Study of the Structural and Functional Connectome.
Prospective, exploratory, multicenter pilot study investigating the structural and functional connectome in patients with Friedreich's Ataxia (FRDA) using high-density electroencephalogram (HD-EEG).
- Trial name
- CONNETTOMA (NCT07095062)
- Testing
- HD-EEG recordings, combined with cognitive and motor assessment
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Eugenio Medea
Schizophrenia, Psychosis
Glutamate, Brain Connectivity and Duration of Untreated Psychosis
The early stages of schizophrenia are associated with significant decreases in social and intellectual abilities, with more declines in chronic disease.
- Conditions
- Schizophrenia, Psychosis, Schizoaffective Disorder
- Trial name
- DUP (NCT02034253)
- Testing
- Risperidone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 134 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Brain Structural Connectivity, Cognitive Function
Developmental Trajectory of Brain Structural Connectivity and Cognitive Function From Childhood to Adulthood
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a premier modality to investigate structures and functions of human brain. In studies of children and adolescents, noninvasiveness of MRI makes it especially applicable.
- Trial name
- NCT01677793
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 140 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital