Clinical trials: Motor Cortex
Neurodegenerative Disease, Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia (bvFTD)
Tracking and Predicting How Brain Damage Spreads in Neurodegenerative Diseases
Neurodegenerative diseases, including frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) spectrum syndromes, are characterized by the accumulation of insoluble protein aggregates in the central nervous system.
- Conditions
- Neurodegenerative Disease, Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia (bvFTD), Primary Progressive Aphasia(PPA), Progressive Supranuclear Palsy(PSP)
- Trial name
- NCT07567664
- Testing
- 3 Tesla MRI without contrast medium, Blood sample for genetic analysis, Cerebrospinal fluid sampling (CSF)
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 645 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS San Raffaele
Stroke, Motor Cortex; Lesion
Imaging Laterality in Chronic Stroke Patients
In healthy individuals, unimanual movement (with either the left or right hand) is associated with activity in a network of predominantly contralateral brain regions, including the primary motor cortex (PMC).
- Trial name
- NCT03584425
- Testing
- Rasch modified version of the Fugl-Meyer Motor assessment, Anatomical image acquisition, Functional MRI task and acquisition
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
Parkinson's Disease
Effect of Stimulus Rate on Cognitive and Motor Activity in Young Subjects, Elderly Subjects, and Patients With Parkinson's Disease
The purpose of this study is to investigate how changes in the brain associated with Parkinson's disease influence the control of motor and thinking speed.
- Trial name
- NCT00026598
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Healthy
Brain Control of Blinking
This study will use transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to study how the brain controls movement of muscles in the face-in particular, those involved in eye blinking.
- Trial name
- NCT00030199
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Mental Fatigue, Athletic Performance
Effects of Mental Fatigue Duration on Cortical Activity and Jump Performance
"This study investigates whether the length of time spent on a mentally demanding task affects brain activity and jumping performance in physically active young men.
- Conditions
- Mental Fatigue, Athletic Performance, Cognitive-Motor Interaction
- Trial name
- MF-CMJ-EEG (NCT07754604)
- Testing
- Nature Documentary (Control), 10-Minute Stroop Task, 15-Minute Stroop Task
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Inonu University
Diplegia, Spastic
Eye-Hand Coordination in Children With Spastic Diplegia
This study will examine how the brain controls eye-hand coordination (visuomotor skills) in children with spastic diplegia and will determine whether impairment of this skill is related to the learning difficulties in school that…
- Trial name
- NCT00024791
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 144 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Healthy Subjects
Safety Study Based on Transcranial Electrical Stimulation in Chile: a Case Series Study
Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a non-invasive neuromodulation technique that delivers low-intensity, direct current to cortical areas facilitating or inhibiting spontaneous neuronal activity.
- Trial name
- NCT04245059
- Testing
- Multi-channel Transcranial direct current stimulation
- Where
- Chile
- Volunteers
- 3 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Corporación de Rehabilitación Club de Leones Cruz del Sur
Second Language Acquisition in Healthy Young Adults
Recognition of Second Language Spoken Words, Signs, and Characters Via Perception and Production in Adults
Self-production facilitates acquisition of spoken words, signs, and characters from an unfamiliar second language. The proposed work investigates how motor cortex, a key part of the brain enabling body action, supports their…
- Trial name
- NCT05587218
- Testing
- Self-production
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
Healthy, Gait Disorders, Neurologic
Exoskeleton and Brain Activity With fNIRS
Background. Force control is one of the major parameter of motor activity. There is few study concerning the cortical activity imply for different levels of force during gait. Objective.
- Trial name
- ExoNIRS (NCT05298943)
- Testing
- walking in 4 situations
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Régional d'Orléans
Brain Tumor, Brain Cancer
A Study to Measure the Effect of Brain Stimulation on Hand Strength and Function in Patients With Brain Tumors
The neurosurgical standard of care for treating a patient with a tumor invading hand primary motor cortex (M1) includes performing a craniotomy with intraoperative direct electrical stimulation (DES) mapping and to resect as much…
- Conditions
- Brain Tumor, Brain Cancer, Motor Cortex; Lesion
- Trial name
- NCT05023434
- Testing
- Intraoperative Brain Simulation - Alternate Stimulation Parameters
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical College of Wisconsin
Stroke
The Relationship Between Motor Cortex Oxygenation and Motor Function Recovery in Stroke Patients
Stroke is the most common cause of motor function impairment. However, the functional impairment is not totally irreversible. Several mechanisms may involved in both the cortical and motor function recovery after onset of stroke…
- Trial name
- NCT01781689
- Testing
- Functional Electric Stimulation, Rehabilitation programs
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital.
Healthy
Effects of Different Intensities of Bilateral- and Cathodal Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Healthy Individuals
This study will separate study to investigate the effects of 1 mA, 1.5 mA, and 2 mA of 1) bilateral- and 2) cathodal tDCS on cortical activity and motor learning in healthy individuals
- Trial name
- NCT05929014
- Testing
- study 1) Active bilateral-tDCS, study 2) active cathodal-tDCS
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mahidol University
Electrical Stimulation of the Brain
Effects of Direct Current Brain Stimulation on Cognition
This study will examine the effects of direct current (DC) electrical polarization of the brain on thinking speed, reaction time, mood, and brain waves in healthy individuals.
- Trial name
- NCT00048698
- Testing
- TMS, EEG
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 170 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Motor Cortex, Primary Motor Cortex
Evaluation of Motor-Related Beta-Activity in Relation to Naturalistic Movement in Healthy Adult Subjects
The whole body's voluntary movements are controlled by the brain. One of the brain areas most involved in controlling these voluntary movements is the motor cortex and it is often viewed as the primary 'output' region of the…
- Trial name
- MOBETA (NCT04727944)
- Testing
- Reach and grasp tasks in healthy participants using MEG technique (Experiment 1), Reach and grasp tasks in healthy participants using EEG technique (Experiment 2)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 31 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
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
Stroke
HAptic Neurofeedback Design for Stroke
Interventional study with minimal risks and constraints, prospective, monocentric.
- Trial name
- HANDS (NCT04130711)
- Testing
- Visual virtual Conditions, Standard EEG, Neurofeedback Training Stroke Patients
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 76 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rennes University Hospital
Painful Avulsion of Brachial Plexus
Elaboration of a Pre-surgery Mapping Protocol of Primary Motor Cortex, Prior to an Implementation of a Stimulation of Primary Motor Cortex for Patients With Deafferentiation of Brachial Plexus Pain
In the context of an insufficiency of clinical results for cortical stimulation in treatment of brachial plexus post-avulsion pains, one of the possibility for failure is the bad pre-surgery mapping of the area to stimulated bu…
- Trial name
- CCPB (NCT01104506)
- Testing
- fMRI, mTMS
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 13 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nantes University Hospital
Patient Compliance
Cognitive Regulation Training and Exercise Trial
The purpose of this double-blinded, randomized controlled study is to compare CORTEX (Cognitive Regulation Training and Exercise), a multi-faceted, center- and home-delivered- general and exercise-specific-active and traditional…
- Trial name
- CORTEX-II (NCT03124667)
- Testing
- Games, Videos
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 233 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Sports Fatigue
Effects of Dual-site Anodal Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Attention, Decision-making and Working Memory During Sports Fatigue in Elite Soccer Athletes
Investigation of the effects of dual-site anodal transcranial direct current stimulation over the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex or primary motor cortex on attention, decision-making and working memory during sports fatigue in…
- Trial name
- NCT06594978
- Testing
- dual-site anodal tDCS over the M1, dual-site anodal tDCS over the DLPFC
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 23 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Beijing Sport University
Ultrasound in MRI
Effects of Transcranial Focused Ultrasound on Human Primary Motor Cortex Using 7T fMRI
Transcranial focused ultrasound (tFUS) is a form of neuromodulation that uses a single element transducer to produce highly focused low-intensity acoustic energy that can be used to affect cortical excitability in humans.
- Trial name
- NCT03634631
- Testing
- Focused Ultrasound
- Volunteers
- 5 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota