Clinical trials: Functional Neuroimaging
Cervical Dystonia
Physiotherapy and Botox for Cervical Dystonia: Impact of Sensory Tricks and Brain Imaging Insights
The primary aim of this study is to investigate improvements of dystonia severity in patients with cervical dystonia (CD) with (DYT-trick) and without sensory trick (DYT-no-trick) following 6 weeks of physiotherapy combined with…
- Trial name
- NCT06881147
- Testing
- Multimodal physiotherapy program
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 49 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS San Raffaele
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)
Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis, Autoimmune Encephalitis
Developing Advanced Neuroimaging for Clinical Evaluation of Autoimmune Encephalitis
Autoimmune encephalitis is brain inflammation caused by the immune system mistakenly reacting against proteins in the brain. The commonest form is called NMDAR-antibody encephalitis (N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antibody…
- Trial name
- DANCE-AE (NCT05280600)
- Testing
- Not applicable - non-interventional study
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- King's College London
Healthy, Schizophrenia
Neuroimaging of Dopamine Metabolism in Normal and Psychiatric Patients
Brain cells communicate with each other by releasing chemicals called neurotransmitters. In order for brain cells to transfer information, one cell will release a neurotransmitter that will be recognized by a receptor located on…
- Trial name
- NCT00001320
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 265 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Investigation of the Association of Multimodal Neuroimaging and Peripheral Biomarkers With Executive Functions and Emotional Regulation in Adolescents With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
The purpose of this observational study is to investigate the relationships among resting-state brain connectivity, peripheral blood biomarkers, executive functions, and emotional regulation in adolescents with…
- Trial name
- NCT07800117
- Testing
- No Intervention
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Akdeniz University
Brain Concussion, Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
Neuromodulation and Neuroimaging in Older Children With Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) often causes persistent motor and cognitive deficits in children resulting in functional limitations.
- Conditions
- Brain Concussion, Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, Motor Disorders, Cognitive Impairment
- Trial name
- CI-tDCS (NCT05762796)
- Testing
- tDCS in Youth with mild traumatic brain injury
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- State University of New York at Buffalo
Impulsive Aggression
Functional MRI Study in Healthy Children Engaged in Aggressive Behaviors
The purpose of this non-interventional study is to optimize the point subtraction aggression paradigms (PSAP) task in typically developing children (TDC).
- Trial name
- NCT03615703
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Sickle Cell Disease
Functional Neuroimaging of Pain Using EEG and fMRI
The purpose of this research is to use non-invasive imaging technologies to study how the human brain processes pain. The investigators will use contact heat to induce pain and record data scalp EEG and functional magnetic…
- Trial name
- NCT02212691
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 57 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Medulloblastoma, Childhood, Healthy Volunteers
Child's Study of the Impact of PF Lesion on Motor Skills, Language, Cognitive Functioning and Social Cognition
One of the major complications of posterior fossa surgery is Posterior Fossa Syndrome (PFS). This syndrome is due to a possible complication of surgical excision of a tumor of the cerebellum (4th ventricle) and is characterized…
- Conditions
- Medulloblastoma, Childhood, Healthy Volunteers, Fossa Posterior Tumor, Low-grade Glioma
- Trial name
- CervIRM (NCT04174820)
- Testing
- Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)
- Where
- 5 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 145 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Angers
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Behavioral and Neural Response to Memantine in Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorder
This study is a 12-week, randomized-controlled trial of memantine hydrochloride (Namenda) for the treatment of social impairment in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
- Trial name
- NCT01972074
- Testing
- Memantine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 84 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Disorder of Consciousness, Minimally Conscious State
Simultaneously PET/MRI in Prolonged DOC Patients
Recently introduced hybrid PET/MR scanners provide the opportunity to measure simultaneously, and in direct spatial correspondence, both metabolic demand and functional activity of the brain, hence capturing complementary…
- Conditions
- Disorder of Consciousness, Minimally Conscious State, FDG-PET, Rs-fMRI
- Trial name
- NCT04164680
- Testing
- Multimodal Neuroimaging
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hangzhou Normal University
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Behavior in Children With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and in Healthy Volunteers
The purpose of this study is to determine how the brain controls motor activity in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
- Trial name
- NCT00026546
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 189 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorder
Clinical, Environmental, Neurocognitive, Brain Imaging, and Genetic Validity of Autism and ADHD
The behavioral patterns, neurocognitive and social impairments, and high heritability are the common characteristics of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), the two most common…
- Trial name
- NCT00916851
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Epilepsy, Seizures
Mapping the Areas of the Brain Associated With Language in Children With Epilepsy
Researchers are interested in studying if magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is practical for locating the areas of the brain associated with language in children with epilepsy.
- Trial name
- NCT00001366
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 230 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Maternal Psychological Distress, Prenatal Stress
Roo Study on Mom and Baby Well-Being
This study employs a randomized controlled trial of an established intervention, Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) adapted for pregnancy, to examine effects on various aspects of maternal psychological stress during…
- Conditions
- Maternal Psychological Distress, Prenatal Stress, Infant Development, Functional Neuroimaging
- Trial name
- NCT03809598
- Testing
- Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 140 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oregon Health and Science University
Brain Tumor, Metastatic Brain Tumor
A Study of How Proton Beam Radiotherapy (PBRT) Affects Brain Function and Quality of Life in Children and Young Adults Undergoing Treatment for a Brain Tumor
The researchers are doing this study to find out if there are differences in the resting state brain networks of children and young adults (ages 6-25) after treatment with proton beam radiation therapy (PBRT).
- Trial name
- NCT05288439
- Testing
- Resting-state functional connectivity MRI, Neurocognitive battery with quality-of-life assessment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Chronic Stroke
Brain Imaging Study of Brain Plasticity in Chronic Stroke Patients
In chronic stroke patients, brain network reorganization and recovery mechanism are investigated after stroke onset using functional MRI and diffusion tensor imaging analyses.
- Trial name
- NCT03392519
- Testing
- Chronic stroke
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 59 people
- Sponsor
- Samsung Medical Center
Infant, Newborn, Infant, Low Birth Weight
Cerebral Function Monitoring in Premature Infants
This observational study tests the feasibility of enrolling subjects and obtaining an amplitude-integrated electroencephalogram (aEEG) within the first 72 hours of life, a second aEEG recording between 72-168 hours of life, and…
- Conditions
- Infant, Newborn, Infant, Low Birth Weight, Infant, Small for Gestational Age, Infant, Premature
- Trial name
- NCT00873847
- Where
- 8 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 102 people
- Sponsor
- NICHD Neonatal Research Network
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Anxiety
Specifying and Treating Anxiety in Autism Research
In the Specifying and Treating the Anxiety Phenotype in Autism Spectrum Disorder (STAAR) study, we conducted a16-week randomized comparative treatment trial of the Behavioral Intervention for Anxiety in Children with Autism…
- Trial name
- STAAR (NCT03279471)
- Testing
- Sertraline, CBT/BIACA
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 65 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Davis
Emotions
Effect of Emotion Mindsets on Emotion Processing
The guiding scientific premise for this research is that a growth emotion mindset will promote more adaptive emotion processing than a fixed emotion mindset.
- Trial name
- NCT03978871
- Testing
- Growth Mindset, Brain Education
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 163 people
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign