Clinical trials: Motor Cortex
Aging
Effect of Aging on Cortical Excitability and Motor Learning
The objective of the current proposal is to identify 1) how aging-related changes in GABAergic cortical inhibition affect motor performance, and 2) how aerobic exercise may improve inhibitory function and facilitate motor…
- Trial name
- ACE (NCT03750903)
- Testing
- Aerobic Exercise, Stretching and Balance Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
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
Aging
The Entorhinal Cortex and Aerobic Exercise in Aging
The overall goal of this study is to examine how regular exercise affects brain function, spatial memory, and virtual navigation. Participation in this research study will take approximately 4 months.
- Trial name
- ECE (NCT02775760)
- Testing
- Cardiovascular endurance, Strength, balance, and flexibility
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 29 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston University
Motor Activity
Investigating Motor Cortex Processing for Pain Modulation
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of different types of interventions (motor learning, somatosensory learning, observation task, mental imagery and tDCS) on the perception of pain and motor cortex…
- Trial name
- NCT01404039
- Testing
- Motor Learning, Somatosensory Learning, Observational Task
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 115 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
Cortical Excitability, Psychiatric Disorder
Effects of L-theanine on Motor Cortex Excitability in Healthy Subjects: A Paired-Pulse TMS Study
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a serious mental illness and the leading cause of disability worldwide. New pharmacotherapeutic agents with complementary neurobiological mechanism and better side effect profile are of great…
- Trial name
- NCT04749745
- Testing
- L-theanine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 11 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Butler Hospital
Stroke
Premotor Cortex: A New Target for Stroke Motor Rehabilitation
The goal of the study is to determine the effect of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) over the premotor cortex on training-related improvements in motor performance and associated neural plasticity.
- Trial name
- NCT02565199
- Testing
- rTMS Over Contralateral Hemisphere of Premotor Cortex, rTMS Over Ipsilateral Hemisphere of Premotor Cortex, Control 1: rTMS Timed 400 ms After Movement-related EMG
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 11 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Stroke
Phase-dependent Evaluation of Motor Cortex Excitability With TMS in Stroke
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) on motor cortex excitability in individuals who have suffered stroke and to study the influence of the phase of the oscillatory…
- Trial name
- NCT04968743
- Testing
- Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Antisocial Behavior, Aggression
The Effect of Prefrontal Cortex Stimulation on Antisocial and Aggressive Behavior
This study investigates the effect of upregulating prefrontal cortex activity on antisocial and aggressive behavior and risk factors for such behavior.
- Trial name
- NCT02427672
- Testing
- Transcranial direct current stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 84 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Swallowing
Stability of Motor Output in Aging Adults
The goal of this project is to examine the area of the brain that controls muscle movement for a group of muscles important for swallowing, and to see how that area changes over 2 weeks of time.
- Trial name
- NCT00970736
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Asperger Disorder
Neurocircuitry of Autism- fMRI and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
This study uses functional brain imaging and noninvasive brain stimulation techniques to study the brain basis of developmental disorders like Autism Spectrum Disorder and Asperger Disorder.
- Conditions
- Autism Spectrum Disorder, Asperger Disorder, Pervasive Developmental Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT01553240
- Testing
- TMS and functional MRI (Magstim)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 8 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- New York State Psychiatric Institute
Motor Activity, Motor Neuroplasticity
Modulation of Motor Cortex Excitability by TMS and tDCS (MAGS1)
Investigating modulation of motor cortex excitability by transcranial magnetic stimulation and transcranial direct current stimulation.
- Trial name
- NCT03481309
- Testing
- anodal tDCS, cathodal tDCS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 19 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Glucose Metabolism Disorders
Glucose and Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation
Purpose: In this study, the investigators will delineate how brain network dynamics are modulated by experimentally induced elevated blood glucose levels and examine how glucose levels gate neuronal excitability measured by the…
- Trial name
- NCT04031404
- Testing
- Single-pulse TMS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 23 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Stroke, Stroke Sequelae
Noninvasive VNS to Facilitate Excitability in Motor Cortex
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) positively influences motor rehabilitation in stroke recovery. Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) has shown effects on cortical plasticity.
- Conditions
- Stroke, Stroke Sequelae, Motor Activity
- Trial name
- NCT04130646
- Testing
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
Healthy
Brain State-dependent Stimulation to Improve Movement
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is a powerful tool to non-invasively modulate brain circuits, brain plasticity, and behavior.
- Trial name
- BrainSTIM (NCT05103176)
- Testing
- TMS, Object directed grasping
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 59 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Brain Injuries
Cortical Contributions to Motor Sequence Learning
The long-term objective initiated with this study is to determine which brain areas functionally contribute to learning a motor skill.
- Trial name
- NCT04138953
- Testing
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 64 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Healthy
Metaplasticity Experimental Design and Comparison of Motor Outcome Measure Sensitivity to Change
The overall objective is to validate the methodology of a metaplasticity experimental design by assessing change in motor excitability after administration of priming transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) followed by…
- Trial name
- NCT03304262
- Testing
- rTMS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of New Mexico
Antisocial Behavior, Aggression
The Effect of Repeated Prefrontal Cortex Stimulation on Antisocial and Aggressive Behavior
This study investigates the relationship between prefrontal cortex activity and antisocial and aggressive behavior, and risk factors for such behavior.
- Trial name
- NCT02674516
- Testing
- Transcranial direct current stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania