Clinical trials: Cortical Plasticity
Hearing Loss
Use of Functional Near-infrared Spectroscopy to Investigate Role of Human Auditory Cortex Plasticity and Multi-sensory Integration on Cochlear Implant Performance After Single-sided Deafness
The timing of brain changes that may influence hearing rehabilitation within human A1 after single-sided deafness (SSD) is not known. The goal is to determine when A1 neural plasticity occurs following SSD onset.
- Trial name
- NCT03713554
- Testing
- FNIRS Observational
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy
Spinal Cord Associative Plasticity in Cerebral Palsy
Associative plasticity has been used to promote functional recovery from conditions affecting movement. The long term goal of this project is to use electrical stimulation techniques to improve arm and hand function.
- Trial name
- SCAP-CP (NCT07607665)
- Testing
- Paired brain and nerve stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Cortical Activation
Menstrual Cycle TMS Plasticity Pilot
Aim 1: Assess how menstrual cycle phase affects motor cortex plasticity in females. Aim 2: Compare motor cortex plasticity between males and females across the same time points, identifying potential sex differences in TMS…
- Trial name
- NCT07180654
- Testing
- transcranial magnetic stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Dementia of Type Alzheimer
Influence of tDCS on Cortical Plasticity in Patients With Dementia of the Alzheimer Type
The aim of this study is to investigate whether the anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) over the primary motor cortex (M1) in patients with dementia of the Alzheimer type (DAT) leads to an increase in cortical…
- Trial name
- NCT01887899
- Testing
- transcranial direct current stimulation
- Where
- Germany
- Sponsor
- Charite University, Berlin, Germany
Schizophrenia
Effects of Acute Nicotine Treatment on Neuroplasticity and Memory in Patients With Schizophrenia
Patients with schizophrenia display cognitive impairments, such as reduced attention and problems with memory. Available medications for schizophrenia poorly alleviate memory problems however, research indicates that nicotine…
- Trial name
- NIC-PAS (NCT01465074)
- Testing
- Nicotine polacrilex, Regular chewing gum; Dentyne Ice, Wrigely´s Mint Gum
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Spinal Cord Injuries
Investigation of Brain Functional MRI as an Early Biomarker of Recovery in Individuals With Spinal Cord Injury
Early detection of response to therapeutic intervention is vital, as it will enable early termination of intervention in non-responding patients, prevent unnecessary financial burden, and allow for early changes to the…
- Trial name
- NCT03854214
- Testing
- Functional Electric Stimulation cycling, Passive cycling
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people
- Sponsor
- Hugo W. Moser Research Institute at Kennedy Krieger, Inc.
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Cerebral Changes Following CTS Treated With Guided Plasticity
70 patients with mild to moderate Carpal tunnel Syndrome (CTS) including 24 patients with unilateral CTS were randomized to treatment with ipsilateral cutaneous forearm deafferentation with an anesthetic cream (EMLA®) or placebo…
- Trial name
- NCT06016049
- Testing
- EMLA® adjuvant, Sensory training
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- Region Skane
Electromagnetic Fields, Neuronal Plasticity
Neuromodulation With Low Frequency-Pulsed Electromagnetic Fields
Non-depolarizing magnetic fields, like Low Frequency-Pulsed Electromagnetic Fields (LF-PEMFs) have shown the ability to modulate living structures, principally by influencing synaptic activity and ion channels on cellular…
- Conditions
- Electromagnetic Fields, Neuronal Plasticity, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
- Trial name
- NCT03537469
- Testing
- CTU Mega 20 real device
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale degli Spedali Civili di Brescia
Stroke, Chronic Stroke Patients
kTMP-Enhanced Motor Rehabilitation for Chronic Stroke Recovery (KULMINATE) Pilot
kTMP, kilohertz transcutaneous magnetic perturbations, is a low intensity transcranial magnetic stimulation technique that will be used in this study to promote arm/hand rehabilitation in patients who have been disabled by stroke.
- Conditions
- Stroke, Chronic Stroke Patients, Arm Weakness as a Consequence of Stroke
- Trial name
- NCT07631078
- Testing
- kTMP
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people
- Sponsor
- Magnetic Tides
Mild Cognitive Impairment, Memory Impairment
Enhancing Frontal Lobes Plasticity in Mild Cognitive Impairment
More than 5 million people live with Alzheimer's dementia (AD) in North America. No effective treatment exists yet probably because by the time AD has developed it is too late to intervene.
- Trial name
- PAS-MCI (NCT04583215)
- Testing
- Paired Associative Stimulation (PAS)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Healthy
Learning a Motor Task Through Observation
Motor training results in use dependent plasticity (UDP), thought to underlie recovery of motor function after brain injury. The purpose of this protocol is to determine (a) if movement observation results in encoding of a motor…
- Trial name
- NCT00050869
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 56 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
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
Facial Palsy, Surgery
Brain Plasticity and Emotion Recognition in Patients With Facial Palsy Before & After Surgical Rehabilitation: MEG Study
Facial palsy (of one hemiface) affects the sensorimotor representation of the face of the patients, and possibly also their mental representation of emotional facial expressions.
- Trial name
- FACE_REHAB_MEG (NCT06809127)
- Testing
- Behavioral tasks with MEG recording
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France
Healthy Young Adults
iTBS Effect on M1 Plasticity, Blood Glucose, and Cardiovascular Response
Transcranial magnetic stimulation is a medical device that can alter motor cortical (M1) excitability through the scalp via various protocols.
- Trial name
- NCT06043076
- Testing
- TMS
- Where
- Malaysia
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universiti Putra Malaysia
Progressive Multiple Sclerosis
Effects of Transcranial Static Magnetic Field Stimulation (tSMS) in Progressive Multiple Sclerosis
In multiple sclerosis (MS) brains, inflammation induces specific abnormalities of synaptic transmission, collectively called inflammatory synaptopathy.
- Trial name
- NCT05811013
- Testing
- Transcranial static magnetic field stimulation (tSMS)
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Neuromed IRCCS
Profound Hearing Impairment
Positron Emission Tomography Imaging of Brain Reorganisation of the Central Auditory Cortex in Asymetrical Profound Deaf Patient With a Cochlear Implantation.
Our main objective is to study how the extent of reorganization of the central auditory system is related to the binaural integration in cochlear implanted subjects with asymmetric hearing loss.
- Trial name
- UniTEP (NCT03117413)
- Testing
- Positron emission tomography scan
- Where
- 2 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Toulouse
Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Cortical Plasticity in Patients With Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis
Patients suffering from anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis show impaired NMDA-receptor dependent neuronal transmission. Furthermore, they often have cognitive deficits of different magnitude.
- Trial name
- NCT01865578
- Testing
- tDCS
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Charite University, Berlin, Germany
Brain Function, Cerebral Palsy
7T Anatomo-functional Characterization of Structures in the Action Observation Network
The goal of this study is to explore the anatomical-functional characteristics of the AON circuit (with particular interest for subcortical areas and the cerebellum), and the cortico-subcortical connectivity of the nodes of the…
- Trial name
- 7T-ATHENA (NCT06826287)
- Testing
- 7T MR exam, clinical assessment
- Where
- 2 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Fondazione Stella Maris
Stroke
Exploring Cerebellar Inhibition of the Motor Cortex in Stroke Patients
The past 10 years of research in post stroke patients have shown certain types of rehabilitation can help neuronal plasticity of the brain.
- Trial name
- NCT02401698
- Testing
- Functional clinical and TMS diagnostic
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 8 people
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo General Hospital
Healthy Control Subjects
Impact of Spaced iTBS on Plasticity in the Motor Cortex
The goal of this clinical trial is to explore the effects of non-invasive brain stimulation protocols using intermittent theta-burst stimulation (iTBS) on brain plasticity in healthy, right-handed individuals aged 18 to 50 years.
- Trial name
- STEP-MC (NCT06735794)
- Testing
- Compressed iTBS, Spaced iTBS
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 29 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health