Clinical trials: Neural Activity
Depression, Anxiety
Shaping Neural Activity Through Parenting
The purpose of this study is to test causal links between dimensions of positive and harsh parenting and children's brain responses to rewards and errors, using a parenting intervention.
- Trial name
- SNAP (NCT02667522)
- Testing
- Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stony Brook University
Developmental Articulation Disorder, Stuttering
Study of Brain Activity During Speech Production and Speech Perception
The purpose of this study is to gain a better understanding of the brain's activity and organization in the development of speech disorders.
- Trial name
- NCT00004991
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 411 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Broad Autism Phenotype
Physical Exercise Training to Enhance Executive and Social Functions
Background and study aims: Executive functions (EF) and social functions are important for self-regulation, problem solving, and attaining future goals yet they are impaired in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
- Trial name
- NCT04896671
- Testing
- Physical exercise (running on a treadmill)
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
Binge Drinking
Alcohol and Neural Cardiovascular Control in Binge Drinkers
This study evaluates the impact of evening alcohol consumption on sympathetic activity and baroreflex function in binge drinkers.
- Trial name
- NCT03567434
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 69 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Baylor University
Healthy Volunteers
Longitudinal Development of Behavior and Its Underlying Neural Correlates in Human Infants
The unique importance of human brain development during the first years of life is unquestionable. During an infant's first year, the brain undergoes its most dramatic structural and functional changes, with factors such as early…
- Trial name
- MultiLongDev (NCT05167565)
- Testing
- MRI/DTI, EEG, Eye Tracking
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Psychosis, Schizophrenia Disorders
DIALOG: Understanding Disorganisation: A Language-focused Global Initiative in Psychosis
Disorganized speech, language and communication, also called 'formal thought disorder,' is a key part of severe mental illnesses like psychosis and mood disorders.
- Conditions
- Psychosis, Schizophrenia Disorders, Bipolar Affective Disorder, Depressive Disorder
- Trial name
- DIALOG (NCT06978465)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Douglas Mental Health University Institute
Postpartum Depression, Mood Disorders
Whole-Body Hyperthermia for Mood and Anxiety Disorders
This study aims to examine the scientific mechanisms of whole-body hyperthermia (WBH), a novel, rapidly acting, single session antidepressant and anxiolytic therapy.
- Conditions
- Postpartum Depression, Mood Disorders, Anxiety Disorders, Postpartum Anxiety
- Trial name
- NCT06144294
- Testing
- Whole-Body Hyperthermia, fMRI
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 240 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Major Depressive Disorder
A Neuroimaging Investigation of Brain Activity in Major Depressive Disorder and Bipolar Disorder
This study employs functional magnetic resonance imaging to compare brain activation patterns during a depressive episode in patients diagnosed with bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, and a group of healthy control…
- Trial name
- NCT00188942
- Testing
- Fluoxetine+Olanzapine, Olanzapine, Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Health Network, Toronto
Healthy Volunteers
Brain Activity During Strategic Planning
This study will locate areas in the brain that help people devise action plans to carry out complex tasks requiring use of strategy.
- Trial name
- NCT00728741
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Alcoholism, Alcohol Dependence
Study of the Neural Substrates of Alcohol Craving by High-resolution Electroencephalography
Alcohol is the most consumed psychoactive substance in France and is responsible for 49,000 deaths per year in the country. Addictions, characterized by "the repeated impossibility of controlling a behavior and the continuation…
- Trial name
- CRAVING-NET (NCT05275166)
- Testing
- Induction of alcohol craving, Questionnaires
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rennes University Hospital
Amblyopia
An Active Approach to Treat Amblyopia: Video Game Play
Amblyopia, a developmental abnormality that impairs spatial vision, is a major cause of vision loss, resulting in reduced visual acuity and reduced sensitivity to contrast.
- Trial name
- NCT01223716
- Testing
- Perceptual learning, Video Game, Crossover (Occlusion therapy + Video Game)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Berkeley
Healthy
Normative QEEG/ERP Data for Healthy Volunteers
Many scientific papers have reported that ERP and QEEG biomarkers can be useful in the evaluation of neurological and psychiatric disorders.
- Trial name
- NCT05869032
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Neuronetrix, Inc.
Premature Ejaculation
Investigation of the Changes of Brain Structure and Function in Premature Ejaculation Patients and the Effects of Dapoxetine on Central Neural Activity in Premature Ejaculation Patients
Lifelong premature ejaculation (LPE) is a common male sexual dysfunction with a high prevalence in global. Up to now, the etiology of LPE remains unclear.
- Trial name
- NCT03583112
- Testing
- Dapoxetine Hydrochloride Tablet
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Xidian University
Healthy
Acute Effect of Three Neuroactive Drugs Measured by Magnetoencephalography (MEG), Electroencephalography (EEG) and the Synchronous Neural Interaction Test
This placebo-controlled crossover study is intended to measure the effect of three, common neuroactive medications on brain activity measured by magnetoencephalography (MEG) and electroencephalography (EEG).
- Trial name
- NCT00972985
- Testing
- modafinil, methylphenidate, lorazepam
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Orasi Medical, Inc.
Cerebral Concussion, Brain Injuries
The Effects of Head Trauma on Collegiate Athletes
Recently, researchers and clinicians have examined many different forms of concussion testing aimed to assess if a brain injury has occurred and to what degree it affects the individual being tested.
- Trial name
- NCT02354469
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 437 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Fear and Avoidance in PTSD Patients
The purpose of this research study is to study how the brain learns to avoid certain stimuli or situations using an experimental paradigm.
- Trial name
- NCT04770584
- Testing
- Fear Conditioning, Avoidance conditioning, Pavlovian fear extinction learning
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Neural Dynamics of the Acquisition and Retention of Fear Learning and Active Avoidance Learning
Use Electroencephalogram to Study Neural Dynamics of Fear Conditioning and Avoidance Learning Circuit in Humans
The purpose of this study is to examine which event-related potentials (ERPs) and event-related oscillations (EROs) are associated with fear conditioning, avoidance learning, and memory recall for fear and avoidance, where are…
- Trial name
- NCT06240052
- Testing
- Conditioning and active avoidance paradigm (CAAP)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Nutrition, Healthy, Cognitive Change
Nutritional Modulation of Cognition and Brain Activity
The aim of the present study is to investigate the effects of different meal interventions on cognition (i.e., learning and decision making) and brain activity in healthy participants.
- Conditions
- Nutrition, Healthy, Cognitive Change, Brain Activity
- Trial name
- NCT06386237
- Testing
- Dietary intervention: Standardized breakfast with varying amounts of macronutrients (in particular carbohydrate/protein ratios)
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Vienna
Hypertension
Neural Mechanism of Aldosterone-induced Insulin Resistance
Patients with high aldosterone hormone have higher blood glucose than normal people. This study is being done to understand how aldosterone hormone affects the nerve activity that controls blood flow in the muscles and blood…
- Trial name
- NCT02102243
- Testing
- DEFINITY® infusion, Human Recombinant Regular Insulin infusion, Dextrose infusion
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wanpen Vongpatanasin
Hypertension
Sympathetic Transduction in Obesity
Central (abdominal) obesity is associated with elevated adrenergic activity and arterial blood pressure (BP). Therefore, we tested the hypothesis that transduction of spontaneous muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) to BP…
- Trial name
- NCT05590546
- Testing
- No intervention
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Kansas Medical Center