Clinical trials: Neuronal Plasticity
Cognitive Ability, General, Brain Health
Investigating the Combined Effects of Intermittent Hypoxia and Exercise on Cognitive and Cerebral Function in Middle-Aged Adults
This study investigates whether intermittent hypoxia (IH) and physical activity (PA), either alone or in combination (simultaneously or sequentially), can improve cognitive function and brain health in middle-aged adults (50-65…
- Conditions
- Cognitive Ability, General, Brain Health, Cerebral Oxygenation
- Trial name
- HYPOX-AGE (NCT06874387)
- Testing
- Hypoxia, intermittent, physical exercise
- Volunteers
- 176 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ayoub Boulares
Sedentary Lifestyle
Exercise, Cognitive Function and Neuroplasticity in Healthy Adults
The overall goal of the proposed study is to compare the effects of 4 weeks of moderate or high intensity aerobic exercise on neuroplasticity, cognitive performance and gait and postural control in sedentary healthy adults.
- Trial name
- NCT02994134
- Testing
- Moderate intensity exercise., High intensity exercise.
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 19 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Miami
Chronic Stroke Patient, Motor Impairment
Multifocal Theta-Burst Stimulation to Enhance Upper Limb Motor Recovery After Stroke (INSPIRE)
Stroke is one of the leading causes of long-term disability worldwide. Many individuals who survive a stroke continue to experience weakness and reduced control of one arm, even months or years after the event.
- Conditions
- Chronic Stroke Patient, Motor Impairment, Neurorehabilitation, Theta Burst Stimulation
- Trial name
- INSPIRE (NCT07439367)
- Testing
- Active iTBS, Tablet-based upper limb training
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 46 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- School of Health Sciences Geneva
Depression
(GluEsk) Glutamate and Esketamine
Esketamine is the S-enantiomer of racemic ketamine, a N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist. Esketamine and other antidepressant NMDA receptor antagonists are hypothesised to act by producing a rapid increase in brain…
- Trial name
- GluEsk (NCT06432322)
- Testing
- Esketamine nasal spray
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Gender Dysphoria
Cross-sex Hormone Therapy and Neuronal Plasticity
Transgender women (male-to-female) were invited to participate in this study to test the impact of Cross-Sex Hormone Therapy (CSHT) in the brain.
- Trial name
- NCT03651427
- Testing
- Estradiol
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
Healthy
Assessing the Stability of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Plasticity Responses
The overall goal of this proposed study is to assess the reliability of plasticity measured by transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) interleaved with intermittent theta-burst stimulation plasticity measures and to assess the…
- Trial name
- NCT03034629
- Testing
- Short-term aerobic exercise
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Miami
Cocaine Use Disorder, Healthy Controls
Aberrant Synaptic Plasticity in Cocaine Use Disorder: A 11C-UCB-J PET Study
The purpose of this research study is to measure synaptic density in the brain comparing individuals with cocaine use disorder to healthy controls.
- Trial name
- NCT04721418
- Testing
- 11C-UCB-J
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
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
Cognitive Function, Neuroplasticity
How Cultural Background Affects Cognitive and Motor Learning Using Virtual Reality
This observational study examined how long-term cultural background is associated with differences in cognitive and motor learning within a virtual reality environment.
- Conditions
- Cognitive Function, Neuroplasticity, Motor Skills, Virtual Reality
- Trial name
- NCT07242937
- Testing
- Virtual reality beat saber training and cognitive and motor assessment
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 43 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bahçeşehir University
Methamphetamine Abuse
Contingency Management for Meth in South Africa Methamphetamine Abuse in South Africa
This study will link findings from neuroscience with clinical outcomes using contingency management (CM) to identify changes in brain structure and function that emerge during purely behavioral therapy for methamphetamine (MA)…
- Trial name
- NCT02907853
- Testing
- Contingency Management
- Where
- South Africa
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
TMJ Disorder
FMRI Study on DC/TMD Patients
Temporomandibular disorders (TMD) are among the most common causes of chronic pain worldwide. It is estimated that about 5-12% of the global population is affected, and some conditions, such as arthritis, may be causative…
- Trial name
- NCT07259902
- Testing
- fMRI
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Milan
Risk-Taking, Chronic Stress
Reduce High-risk Behaviours Under Chronic Stress Via tDCS-induced Neural Plasticity
The persistent political conflicts and COVID-19 pandemic have led to elevated chronic stress levels in Hong Kong, with far-reaching and profound negative impacts on the citizen's mental health.
- Trial name
- NCT05501951
- Testing
- tDCS stimulation
- Volunteers
- 255 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- LI Cheng
Ssri, Neuronal Plasticity
Enhancement of Learning Associated Neural Plasticity by Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors
Background: Conclusive evidence states that the serotonergic system mediates neuroplasticity from early embryonic development until brain maturation in adulthood.
- Trial name
- NCT02753738
- Testing
- Escitalopram, 3xMR scan (fMRI, DTI, strucutral MRI), Association learning paradigm
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Vienna
Healthy Adults, Adults With Stress-related Symptoms
Exercise Intensity on Brain & Mental Health in Stress
This study aims to examine the role of exercise intensity in the acute effects of a single bout of aerobic exercise on neurotrophic factors, biomarkers of stress and inflammation, working memory task-related changes in prefrontal…
- Trial name
- ExStress (NCT06245538)
- Testing
- Seated rest, Exercise at moderate intensity, Exercise at vigorous intensity
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences
Healthy Volunteers, General Anaesthesia
Neuroplasticity Induced by General Anaesthesia
The aim of this study is to use magnetic resonance imaging to explore and compare possible de novo neuroplastic changes induced by the isolated effects of the hypnotic agents sevoflurane and propofol, respectively.
- Conditions
- Healthy Volunteers, General Anaesthesia, Neuroplasticity
- Trial name
- DANA1 (NCT04125121)
- Testing
- Sevoflurane-propofol
- Where
- 2 sites in Denmark
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Signe Sloth Madsen
Healthy Young Adults
Lifestyle, Fitness, and Plasma Biomarkers in Healthy Young Adults
Lifestyle play a key role in modulating brain health by directly influencing a number of key biological processes, such as neuroplasticity, neurogenesis, and regulation of biomarkers associated with cognitive decline.
- Trial name
- NEUROACTIVE (NCT07032168)
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 31 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- European University Miguel de Cervantes
Stroke, Ischemic
Dose-finding Study of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors to Enhance Neuroplasticity
The brain is able to change throughout life in response to learning, or injury, or to adapt to changes in the environment, which is known as neuroplasticity.
- Trial name
- NCT04221256
- Testing
- Administration of SSRI escitalopram, Paired Associative stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Burke Medical Research Institute
Cognitive Control
Measuring Plasticity in SFC/dACC Following Theta-Burst-Stimulation Using TMS
This is a study to determine whether particular forms of brain-stimulation, applied to superior frontal cortex/preSMA can affect cognition and associated frontal theta oscillations.
- Trial name
- BTMS (NCT03946059)
- Testing
- iTBS then cTBS, cTBS then iTBS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
Healthy
Efficacy and Safety of Acute Topical and Aromatic Essential Oil-Based Products for Cognitive Support
This study will evaluate whether the InTune product system may help support attention, memory, focus, and other thinking skills in healthy adults ages 18-64.
- Trial name
- ITS (NCT07623811)
- Testing
- Cognitive Support System
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 313 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- dōTERRA International
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Methodology of Super-Early Training of Developer Engineers and Leading Analysts With a Diagnosis of ADHD/ASD for Ensuring the Engineering Sovereignty of the State: Time Horizon: 2026-2038-2050
This document outlines a clinical study focused on the transition from diagnosis to profession: the calibration of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism spectrum disorders (ASD) into a strategic sovereign…
- Trial name
- DOCUMENT (NCT07845292)
- Testing
- Voice of Sleep "MamaBee" training modules (Fairy Tales)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pisareva Citadel Group LLC