Clinical trials: Cerebral Cortex Dysfunction
Parkinson's Disease
Cognitive Dysfunction in Parkinson's Disease
This study plans to learn more about the brain function related to thinking problems in individuals with Parkinson's disease.
- Trial name
- NCT02346708
- Testing
- Real TMS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 49 people
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Cognitive Aging
Guanfacine Treatment for Prefrontal Cognitive Dysfunction in Elderly Subjects
This proposal aims to determine whether low does of the alpha-2A-adrenoceptor agonist guanfacine can improve deficits in prefrontally-mediated cognitive functions in healthy elderly subjects.
- Trial name
- NCT00935493
- Testing
- Guanfacine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 154 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Cocaine Addiction, Cocaine-related Disorder
Prefrontal Cortex Stimulation as Treatment for Crack-cocaine Addiction
The use of crack-cocaine is growing at alarming rate in our country and it is absolutely worrisome the fast establishment of addiction to it.
- Conditions
- Cocaine Addiction, Cocaine-related Disorder, Executive Dysfunction
- Trial name
- NCT01337297
- Testing
- transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Federal University of Espirito Santo
Mild Cognitive Impairment, Mild Neurocognitive Disorder
Noninvasive Brain Stimulation for Mild Cognitive Impairment
The goal of this study is to test the efficacy of repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) as a treatment for Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI).
- Conditions
- Mild Cognitive Impairment, Mild Neurocognitive Disorder, Cognitive Decline, Mental Deterioration
- Trial name
- NCT03331796
- Testing
- Active rTMS (Bilateral DLPFC), Active rTMS (Bilateral LPC)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 69 people
- Sponsor
- Palo Alto Veterans Institute for Research
Alcohol Dependence, Executive Dysfunction
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Over Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex in Alcoholism
Alcohol dependency is the most frequent addiction leading to a massive burden of both, patients health, and economy. Present therapeutic concepts suffer from limited efficacy, and thus new innovative therapies are needed.
- Conditions
- Alcohol Dependence, Executive Dysfunction, Abnormal Craving for Drugs
- Trial name
- NCT01330394
- Testing
- transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
- Where
- 2 sites in Brazil
- Volunteers
- 33 people
- Sponsor
- Federal University of Espirito Santo