Clinical trials: Cortical Plasticity
Concussion
Cortical Plasticity Assessment in Athletes With a History of Concussion
The purpose of this research is to determine whether athletes with concussion have changes in cortical excitability. Single and paired transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) can be used as reliable neurophysiological marker of…
- Trial name
- NCT01112761
- Testing
- Transcranial direct current stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
Healthy Participants
Ultrasound Effects on Human Motor Cortical Plasticity
The purpose of this study is to test the duration and effect of single element focused ultrasound to the primary motor cortex on healthy human participants with the use of transcranial focused ultrasound and transcranial magnetic…
- Trial name
- NCT04168762
- Testing
- Transcranial Ultrasound Magnetic Stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Virginia
Blindness, Brain Mapping
The Connection Between Areas in the Brain of Blind Patients
The purpose of this study is to test the belief that specific areas of the brain are connected differently in blind patients than patients with sight.
- Conditions
- Blindness, Brain Mapping, Healthy
- Trial name
- NCT00001926
- Testing
- O15, Cadwell rTMS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Stroke
Paired Associative Stimulation in Stroke
Stroke is the third most common cause of death in the United States after heart disease and cancer, and the leading cause of long-term disability.
- Trial name
- NCT02586597
- Testing
- Transcranial magnetic stimulation & median nerve stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
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
Healthy
Brain Power: Resistance Training and Cognitive Function
Primary Objectives: 1. To ascertain whether a 12-month, twice-weekly or once-weekly resistance training (RT) program will significantly improve executive function in community-dwelling women aged 65 to 75 years old compared with…
- Trial name
- NCT00426881
- Testing
- Exercise Training
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 155 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Cerebrovascular Disorders, Healthy
Non-Invasive Electrical Stimulation of the Human Brain
This study is designed to allow researchers to use transelectrical stimulation to explore the function of the human nervous system and improve diagnosis of neurological disorders.
- Conditions
- Cerebrovascular Disorders, Healthy, Nervous System Diseases, Spinal Cord Injuries
- Trial name
- NCT00001216
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 175 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Stroke
Cortical Ischemic Stroke and Serotonin
In this study the investigators want to test the hypotheses that, serotonergic neuromodulation increases perilesional neuroplasticity, leading to improved behavioural outcomes through a more efficient allocation of functional…
- Trial name
- CISS (NCT02865642)
- Testing
- Serotonin Uptake Inhibitors
- Where
- 2 sites in Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern
Healthy Older Adults
Influence of tDCS on Cortical Plasticity in Healthy Older Adults
The aim of this study is to investigate whether the anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) over the primary motor cortex (M1) in healthy older adults leads to an increase in cortical plasticity (change in motor…
- Trial name
- NCT01888055
- Testing
- transcranial direct current stimulation
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Charite University, Berlin, Germany
Blindness
Sensory Substitution and Brain Plasticity Following Vision Loss
The goal of this clinical investigation is to learn how the brain responds when visual information is converted into patterns of sound or touch in blind and sighted participants.
- Trial name
- SenSubMRI (NCT07450677)
- Testing
- Electrotactile display (BrainPort), Vision-to-sound converter (AI Sight)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Nerve Growth Factor, Exercise
Cortical Neuroplasticity by Muscle Pain of Pain-induced Plasticity
The purpose of this study is to investigate the sensory-motor cortical excitability response to delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) on Extensor Carpi Radialis (ECR) muscle during muscle hyperalgesia provoked by nerve growth…
- Conditions
- Nerve Growth Factor, Exercise, Motor Activity, Abnormality of SSEPs
- Trial name
- NCT03354624
- Testing
- Sterile solutions of recombinant human nerve growth factor (NGF)
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aalborg University
Dystonia
Brain Function in Focal Dystonia
Objectives The main objectives of this proposal are (1) to characterize motor learning abnormalities in patients with focal dystonia; (2) to show, using transcranial magnetic stimulation, that this abnormal motor learning went…
- Trial name
- NCT00102999
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 118 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Central Cord Syndrome
The Natural History of Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury Using fMRI, MRS and DTI
Traumatic spinal cord injury is a common injury to the spine and can lead to a clinical syndrome called central cord syndrome (CCS).
- Trial name
- NCT00790361
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's
Stroke, Blindness
Functional Neuroimaging of Cortical Plasticity in the Human Visual System
The study's objective is to measure changes in human visual cortex organization that may arise as a result of injury to the visual pathways.
- Conditions
- Stroke, Blindness, Vision
- Trial name
- NCT01062672
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Germany
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Baylor College of Medicine
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Motor Activity
rTMS to Improve Motor Function in Autism
In the current project, investigators have two main goals: i) Testing whether an excessive plasticity, i.e. hyperplasticity in the motor cortex underlies motor function difficulties in autistic adults, and ii) Using repetitive…
- Trial name
- (AMBLE Autism) (NCT06497920)
- Testing
- Active rTMS to the motor cortex
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Neuropathic Pain
Cortical Plasticity After Motor Cortex Stimulation in Healthy Subject and Chronic Pain Patients
The primary aim of this study is to evaluate the induction of sensory-motor cortex plasticity after motor cortex stimulation in healthy subjects, using laser-evoked nociceptive cortical potentials, and in chronic neuropathic pain…
- Trial name
- NCT02849834
- Testing
- Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 65 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Hearing Loss
Evaluation of Hearing Aids Rehabilitation Within Age-related Hearing Loss Population.
Hearing aids restore efficiently some auditory functions in age-related hearing loss (ARHL or presbycusis) providing to the elderly an access to oral communication and a return to social life.
- Trial name
- AGEHEAR (NCT05331404)
- Testing
- PET examination, Quality of life assessment
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Toulouse
Vision, Blind
GABA Levels in the Brains of Blind People
In blind individuals, the occipital cortex becomes capable of processing tactile and auditory information, a phenomenon described as crossmodal plasticity.
- Trial name
- NCT00357409
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 39 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Schizophrenia
Effects of Varenicline on Plasticity in Schizophrenia
This laboratory pilot study will explore the effects of varenicline tartrate on long-term potentiation (LTP)-like mechanisms of (1) the motor cortex and (2) the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) and working memory in…
- Trial name
- VAR-PAS (NCT01934023)
- Testing
- Varenicline
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Amputation
Enhanced Tactile (Touch) Spatial Acuity in Upper Limb Amputees
This study will examine whether tactile (touch) abilities at the lip are more acute in people with upper limb amputation compared with healthy normal volunteers.
- Trial name
- NCT00028210
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)