Clinical trials: Neuroplasticity
Spinal Cord Injuries, Neurological Injury
Physiological Changes Induced Through MEP Conditioning in People With SCI
The study team is currently recruiting volunteers who are interested in participating in a brain-spinal cord-muscle response training study that aims to better understand the changes that take place in the nervous system as a…
- Conditions
- Spinal Cord Injuries, Neurological Injury, Paralysis, Spasticity, Muscle
- Trial name
- NCT04286191
- Testing
- Operant Conditioning, Control Group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
Healthy Adult Participants, Synaptic Plasticity
Effects of Adolescent Synaptic Pruning
The study will use a PET-based measure of brain cell (neuron) connections (synapses) in young adults who have also obtained an MRI, to assess how the loss of brain cell connections (synaptic pruning) is captured by MRI-based…
- Trial name
- SPA PET (NCT07569718)
- Testing
- PET Imaging Scan using [11C]UCB-J
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Beatriz Luna
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
Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), Cognitive Training
Cognitive Training and Neuroplasticity in Mild Cognitive Impairment: COGIT-2 Trial
Effective, clinically meaningful treatments are lacking for patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), which is associated with increased risk of transition to dementia.
- Trial name
- COGIT-2 (NCT06601933)
- Testing
- Cognitive Training
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 240 people
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Cognitive Change
Brain Exercises for Synaptic Plasticity
The BEST study will investigate the feasibility of cognitive interventions in a randomized, placebo-controlled, clinical trial. The investigators will recruit 45 cognitively normal subjects and engage them in one of three cohorts…
- Trial name
- BEST (NCT03058055)
- Testing
- Origami, Reading
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Kentucky
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Effectiveness of Neuroplasticity-Targeted Supplements on Neuroinflammatory Markers, ADHD Symptom Severity, and Clinical Scores in Children
This randomized controlled trial will evaluate the effectiveness of neuroplasticity-targeted supplements on neuroinflammatory markers and ADHD symptoms in children aged 6 to 12 years diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity…
- Trial name
- NCT07665658
- Testing
- Inulin, Probiotic, Omega-3 Fatty Acids
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 68 people
- Sponsor
- Khyber Medical University Peshawar
Hypoxia, Brain, Hypoxia-Ischemia, Brain
Home Stimulation for Brain-Asphyxiated Infants
This study examines the potential benefits of a home stimulation program to treat infants who have suffered from brain asphyxiation (lack of oxygen). The program involves one year of stimulatory activities.
- Trial name
- NCT00006516
- Testing
- Infant stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Cerebral Palsy
Robot-assisted Training in Children With CP
Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common physical disability in early childhood causing serious motor and sensory impairments. Effective interventions for the recovery of motor functions are of profound significance to children…
- Trial name
- NCT06450158
- Testing
- Robot (Amadeo)-assisted Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cook Children's Health Care System
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
HIV/AIDS, Cognitive Impairment
A Randomized Pilot Trial Evaluating the Impact of a Yoga Intervention on Cognition in Older Adults Infected With HIV
Approximately 50% of people living with HIV (and as many as 80% over the age of 50) have difficulties with cognitive functions such as memory and thinking that can have a profound negative impact on activities of daily living and…
- Conditions
- HIV/AIDS, Cognitive Impairment, Aging, Mobility Limitation
- Trial name
- NCT03071562
- Testing
- Yoga-mindfulness
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 22 people
- Sponsor
- Adria Quigley
Ischemia, Stroke
Intravenous Stem Cells After Ischemic Stroke
The main objective of the study is to evaluate feasibility and tolerance of the intravenous injection of autologous mesenchymal stem cells for patients presenting an ischemic stroke (less than 6 weeks).
- Trial name
- ISIS (NCT00875654)
- Testing
- Autologous mesenchymal stem cells
- Where
- 3 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 31 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Grenoble
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
Dementia Alzheimers
Accelerated Intermittent Theta-burst Stimulation to Modify Cognitive Function and Balance in Dementia and Memory Loss
The process of aging is accompanied by normal deterioration of body systems, leading to a decline in various functional domains including cognitive, visual, vestibular, somatosensory, and motor function.
- Trial name
- NCT06445894
- Testing
- Active Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- McMaster University
Schizophrenia
Once Weekly D-cycloserine for Schizophrenia
This is a parallel-group, placebo-controlled trial examining the cognitive effects at weeks 1, 4, \& 8 of once-weekly oral D-cycloserine 50 mg added to a stable dose of antipsychotic for 8 weeks in adult outpatients with…
- Trial name
- NCT00964041
- Testing
- D-cycloserine
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Spinal Cord Injuries, Cervical Spinal Cord Injury
Neurostimulation for Respiratory Function After Spinal Cord Injury
The purpose of this research study is to learn more about the connections between the brain, nerves, and diaphragm after experiencing a cervical spinal cord injury (SCI).The main question it aims to answer is: Changes in…
- Conditions
- Spinal Cord Injuries, Cervical Spinal Cord Injury, Respiratory Function Impaired
- Trial name
- NCT05756894
- Testing
- Neurostimulation, Repiratory training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
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
Parkinson Disease
Group Therapy With Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Patients With Parkinson's Disease
To determine the effectiveness of group therapy along with transcranial direct current (tDCS) stimulation on motor symptoms, balance and quality of life in patients with Parkinson's disease(PD).
- Trial name
- GTBQ-PD (NCT04174573)
- Testing
- GTO, GT-tDCS
- Volunteers
- 64 people
- Sponsor
- Maharishi Markendeswar University (Deemed to be University)
Schizophrenia
Cognitive Remediation in Schizophrenia: Efficacy and Role of Neuroplasticity in "Top-down" and "Bottom-up" Mechanisms
Schizophrenia patients have deficits of different degrees in several cognitive domains, impacting their social functioning and quality of life.
- Trial name
- NCT06482918
- Testing
- Cognitive Remediation
- Where
- Chile
- Volunteers
- 160 people
- Sponsor
- University of Chile
Stroke With Hemiparesis
Study of Botulinum Toxin and Recovery of Hand Function After Stroke
The purpose of this study is to determine whether injections of botulinum toxin (commonly known as BOTOX®) into the affected hand of Stroke patients, while targeting the muscles controlling the hand, will lead to improved use of…
- Trial name
- NCT01422161
- Testing
- Botulinum Toxin commonly known as BOTOX®
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Neurological Diseases or Conditions, Cardiovascular Diseases
New Technological Pathway for Gait Rehabilitation
Brief Summary The study aims to explore how the integration of visual and motor systems can be trained and enhanced to improve gait rehabilitation in patients with various neurological and cardiovascular conditions.
- Conditions
- Neurological Diseases or Conditions, Cardiovascular Diseases, Neuromuscular Disease
- Trial name
- LABODIMOTO (NCT06859229)
- Testing
- Innovative technology pathway for gait neurorehabilitation, Conventional gait rehabilitation strategy
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino Pulejo