Clinical trials: Brain Structural Connectivity
Emotion Regulation, Estradiol
Estradiol's Effect on Brain Volume and Connectivity
Ovarian hormones are not only modulators of cognitive function, emotion regulation and mental health, but also seem to affect brain plasticity and functional connectivity, During the menstrual cycle, women experience cyclic…
- Trial name
- NCT06312033
- Testing
- Estradiol Valerate
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Research Training Group 2804
Falling, Community Dwelling Older Adults
Neurophysiological Changes After Perturbation-based Training in Older Adults
This is an assessor-blinded neurophysiological study. Participants will be randomly assigned to a perturbation-based training (PBT) or a walking (control) group.
- Conditions
- Falling, Community Dwelling Older Adults, Postural Stability, Brain Connectivity
- Trial name
- NCT06573658
- Testing
- Perturbation-based balance training (PBT), Walking exercise (control)
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 88 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Epilepsies
Structural and Functional Connectivity in Partial Epilepsies Studied with MRI and MEG
Surgery may be an effective therapy for refractory focal epilepsies with a clear delineated focus but surgical benefits are less clear for patients with a poorly defined focus such as non lesional refractory partial epilepsies.
- Trial name
- NCT01313260
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France
Gender Identity Disorder
Effects of Sex Steroid Hormones on Human Brain Function, Structure and Connectivity
This ultrahigh-field MRI study gives us the unique opportunity to measure changes in brain function and structure induced by long-term opposite-sex steroid hormone administration in transsexual subjects. Our aim is 1.
- Trial name
- NCT01292785
- Testing
- Hormones
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Vienna
Seasonal Affective Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder
Investigation of Seasonal Variations of Brain Structure and Connectivity in SAD
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a subtype of Major Depressive Disorder, characterized by a recurrent temporal relationship between the season of year, the onset and the remission of a major depressive episode.
- Conditions
- Seasonal Affective Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder, Neuroimaging
- Trial name
- NCT03313674
- Testing
- Bright Light Therapy
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 23 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Dysmenorrhea
Brain Structural and Functional Connectivity Changes in the Period of Dysmenorrhea: a Prospective fMRI Study
Observational prospective study with an analysis of the changes in brain structure and related functional connectivity in women with dysmenorrhea.
- Trial name
- NCT06178406
- Testing
- dysmenorrhea
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Women's Hospital School Of Medicine Zhejiang University
PostTraumatic Stress Disorder
PTSD Among Victims of Sexual Abuse and Changes in Structural and Functional Brain Connectivity
The goal of this study is to identify the early modifications in fronto-temporal connectivity in female victims who developed PTSD, compared to female victims who did not develop the disorder, and to healthy control females.
- Trial name
- COPTSD (NCT01405495)
- Testing
- MRI-based techniques (sMRI, fMRI, DTI, ASL)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Tours
Neuropathic Pain
Structural and Functional Brain Reorganization in Neuropathic Pain: Basal State of Local Cerebral Blood Flow and Functional Connectivity
Neuropathic pain is a medical condition involving allodynia (painful perceptions in response to stimuli that normally are not) and spontaneous pain (occurring at rest, without stimulation).
- Trial name
- CONNECT (NCT02858466)
- Testing
- MRI scan
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 68 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne
Traumatic Brain Injury
Predicting Cognitive and Emotional Health From Neurocircuitry Following TBI
Abnormalities in structural and functional connectivity between brain regions have been suggested as putative biomarkers of mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) and significant contributors to neuropsychological functioning and…
- Trial name
- NCT01803048
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 190 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Arizona
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation, Ankle
Investigating the Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation to Different Brain Regions on Ankle Tracking Motor Learning, Motor Adaptation, and Brain Connectivity in Healthy Middle-aged and Older Adults and Patients With Subcortical Stroke
Ankle control is essential to safe over-ground navigation for humans. Middle- aged and older adults and patients with stroke whose ankle control is poor often lose their balance or fall.
- Conditions
- Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation, Ankle, Motor Learning, Adaptation
- Trial name
- tDCS (NCT06556043)
- Testing
- cM1 transcranial direct current stimulation, cPPC transcranial direct current stimulation, iCBM transcranial direct current stimulation
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Tinnitus, Hearing Loss
Investigating Disinhibitory Brain Mechanism in Tinnitus and Hearing Loss
Tinnitus, the perception of sound in the absence of an external acoustic stimulus. Tinnitus is often perceived inside the head rather than the ear and is a common condition with a prevalence estimated between 10 and 15% in…
- Trial name
- IGNITE (NCT04862572)
- Testing
- MRI scanning
- Where
- 3 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 76 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Nottingham
Obesity
Responses to Appetite and Taste in the Brain Circuits That Control Eating Behaviour
The aim of this study is to gain insight into brain structure and the neural networks that control taste and eating behaviour in patients with severe obesity undergoing a primary sleeve gastrectomy (SG) or a lifestyle…
- Trial name
- TASTER (NCT03547063)
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University College, London
Parkinson Disease
Subthalamic Nucleus Connectivity in Parkinson's Disease With Ultra-high Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging
The purpose of this study is to investigate the segregation of the subthalamic nucleus into its motor and non-motor regions in patients with Parkinson's disease and healthy controls with the aid of ultra-high field magnetic…
- Trial name
- NCT01981577
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Maastricht University Medical Center
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
Traumatic Coma
Brain Network Disruptions Related to Traumatic Coma
To provide a fine-grained description of the brain network dysfunctions induced by severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) or anoxic encephalopathy, that are responsible for the acute state of unarousable unawareness, named coma…
- Trial name
- Coma3D (NCT03482115)
- Testing
- PET examination with radiopharmaceutical drug [18F] DPA-714, MRI examination, Blood samples
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 59 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Toulouse
Parkinsons Disease (PD)
Neuroimaging of Parkinson's
Parkinson's Disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder caused by dysfunction in both subcortical structures and the cortex. The investigators recently discovered a new brain system called the Somato-Cognitive Action Network…
- Trial name
- NCT07024875
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Migraine Disorders
Resting-state Functional Connectivity Changes During Migraine Treatment
The purpose of this study is to determine whether reduced frequency of migraine attacks are associated with signal alternation and connectivity of cerebral cortex.
- Trial name
- NCT03484871
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Samsung Medical Center
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Study of Structural and Functional Brain Connectivity Changes in ALS (CoALS-II)
This study will try to understand the difference in brain structure between ALS patients and healthy people of similar age. ALS is a condition affecting the nervous system with disruption of the brain networks.
- Trial name
- CoALS-II (NCT05404867)
- Testing
- fMRI
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
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