Clinical trials: Mecamylamine
Cognition in Schizophrenia
Study of the Effects of Mecamylamine and Varenicline in Schizophrenia
We are conducting this study to find out if blocking or partially stimulating the effects of nicotine in the brain can affect memory and concentration. Nicotine is the addictive drug found in tobacco products.
- Trial name
- NCT00455650
- Testing
- Mecamylamine, Varenicline
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 89 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cognition
Nicotinic Modulation of the Default Network
Many disorders where attentional problems are a hallmark, such as Alzheimer's disease and schizophrenia, display abnormal regulation of the so-called default network of resting brain function that maintains internally directed…
- Conditions
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cognition, Nicotine, Mecamylamine
- Trial name
- NCT01223404
- Testing
- Nicotine, Mecamylamine
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, Baltimore