Clinical trials: Neuroscience
Social Dynamics
Brain-to-brain Synchrony in Ss With Different Levels of Social Interaction
Brain-to-brain synchrony will be measured between pairs of subjects with different levels of similarity of DNA and social interactions
- Trial name
- NCT06673589
- Testing
- Transcendental Meditation
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Maharishi International University
Chemotherapy-Related Cognitive Impairment, Chemotherapeutic Toxicity
Investigating Cognitive Impairment in Young Patients With Cancer Prospectively
The MyBrain study investigates the brain function of children, adolescents and young adults during and after chemo treatment for cancer.
- Conditions
- Chemotherapy-Related Cognitive Impairment, Chemotherapeutic Toxicity, Chemo-brain, Cancer
- Trial name
- MyBrain (NCT05840575)
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet
Medical Education
Neuroscience-based Nomenclature (NbN) as a Teaching Tool
In recent decades, medical student interest in a career in mental health appear to be in decline, possibly due to the perception that the scientific foundation of psychiatry and psychopharmacology is weaker compared to other…
- Trial name
- NCT04375254
- Testing
- NbB psychopharmacology training
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Promoting Active Inference of Healthy Older Adults With Language Activity
A Language-Based Training Intervention to Enhance Cognitive Health in Community-Dwelling Older Adults
Taiwan is fast approaching a super-aged society, making it urgent to bolster cognitive health in otherwise healthy older adults.
- Trial name
- NCT07132281
- Testing
- Language activities active inference, Language activities passive, Board Games
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Pain Knowledge, Pain Management
Pain Neuroscience Education in Physiotherapy Students: Effects on Knowledge and Attitudes
This study aims to examine the immediate effects of a single-session Pain Neuroscience Education (PNE) program on pain-related knowledge and attitudes among undergraduate physiotherapy students.
- Conditions
- Pain Knowledge, Pain Management, Physiotherapist Students
- Trial name
- NCT07273461
- Testing
- Pain Neuroscience Education (PNE)
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 155 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ayşe ŞİMŞEK
Parkinson's Disease, Epilepsy
Cohorts and Collections: Clinical and Genetic Study of Parkinson's Disease and Epilepsies
The DNA and Cell Bank of Instituts Federatifs de Recherche (IFR) of Neurosciences has been running for the last 15 years at the Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) Unit 679 (former unit 289).
- Trial name
- NCT00142363
- Where
- 15 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 1,700 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France
Healthy Children, Preterm Birth
Executive Training and Brain in Children
The purpose of this study is to determine whether a daily executive training to cognitive inhibition, working memory or mindfulness as compared to an active control condition has a near- and far-transfer impact on brain and…
- Trial name
- APEX (NCT02989116)
- Testing
- Inhibition training, Working memory training, Mindfulness training
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Caen
Pain, Normal Physiology
Neural and Psychological Mechanisms of Pain Perception
Background: Painful stimuli cause changes in a network of brain regions called the "Pain Matrix." But most of these regions respond to many other stimuli, not just pain.
- Conditions
- Pain, Normal Physiology, Healthy Volunteers
- Trial name
- NCT02446262
- Testing
- Instructions, Attention, Thermal Pain
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 550 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
Healthy Aging, Healthy
The Effect of Different Focus of Attention Instructions on Resistance Training and Its Transfer to Gait Parameters in Older Adults
The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate the effects of strength training with different focus of attention strategies on plantar flexor force and how this affects gait in apparently healthy older adults.
- Trial name
- NCT06538766
- Testing
- Strength training with an internal focus of attention, Strength training with a proprioceptive external focus of attention, Strength training with a visual external focus of attention
- Where
- Portugal
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Egas Moniz - Cooperativa de Ensino Superior, CRL
Adults, Female
Pain Science Education for Labour and Postpartum Pain
This Delphi study aims to establish expert consensus on the role, content, and delivery of pain science education (PSE) for labour and postpartum pain management.
- Conditions
- Adults, Female, Labour Pain, Postpartum Pain
- Trial name
- PNE-DELPHI (NCT07096661)
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bournemouth University
Neurosciences
The Brain Activation During Different Motor Patterns in Healthy Adults
This study aims to investigate the brain activation during different motor patterns, including motor execution (ME), motor imagery (MI), action observation (AO) and mirror visual feedback (MVF).
- Trial name
- NCT04868929
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 43 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Cerebral Palsy, Bilateral Cerebral Palsy
Stepping to Understand Lower Limb Impairments in Bilateral Cerebral Palsy
The purpose of this study is to investigate lower limb impairments in children with bilateral cerebral palsy during stepping tasks.
- Conditions
- Cerebral Palsy, Bilateral Cerebral Palsy, Diplegic Cerebral Palsy
- Trial name
- NCT04957277
- Testing
- load modulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Schizophrenia, Autism Spectrum Disorder
A Computational Neuroscience Perspective on the Shared Social Cognitive Deficits of Autism and Schizophrenia
This retrospective cohort study will examine shared neural mechanisms of social cognitive deficits in adults with autism spectrum disorder and adults with schizophrenia using existing clinical, behavioral, and neuroimaging data…
- Trial name
- NCT07618767
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 267 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Alzheimer Disease, Neurodegenerative Diseases
Memory Deterioration in Alzheimer Disease
Semantic AD
- Conditions
- Alzheimer Disease, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Memory Impairment
- Trial name
- MemAD (NCT07118137)
- Testing
- 7T MRI, EEG, Blood samples
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Neurocognitive Model, Decision-Making
Motivation, Learning and Decision Making in Changing Environments
The main objective of this study is to develop a models of sequential decision-making, learning and motivation that includes emotions as driving forces of adaptive behaviour.
- Trial name
- MOTILEARN (NCT07314112)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hôpital le Vinatier
Healthy
Neural Adaptations to a Single Session of Metronome-Paced Strength Training
The aim of the study is to investigate the effects of incorporating variability within a single session of Resistance Training (RT) methods on the neural adaptations along the corticospinal tract and on neuromuscular function.
- Trial name
- NCT06539650
- Testing
- Fractal Paced, Isochronus Paced, Self Paced
- Where
- Portugal
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Egas Moniz - Cooperativa de Ensino Superior, CRL
Rheumatic
LUMINA : Measure the Effectiveness of the Booklet Named "Comprendre Les Essais Cliniques"
Various studies have shown that many patients do not understand all the information provided by the study investigator and by the information sheet before entering a clinical research protocol.
- Trial name
- LUMINA (NCT05388344)
- Testing
- Booklet reading
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice
Musculoskeletal Pain
Effects of Pain Neuroscience Education on Pain Attitudes and Beliefs in Physiotherapy Assistant Students
The goal of this educational trial is to learn whether Pain Neuroscience Education (PNE) improves pain-related attitudes and beliefs in physiotherapy assistant (PTA) students in Turkey compared to traditional pain education.
- Trial name
- NCT07005778
- Testing
- Traditional pain education, PNE-based education
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 41 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Akdeniz University
Episodic Memory Retrieval
rTMS Brain Stimulation and Cognition
This study will use repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) (a way to use a powerful magnet to cause temporary impairment to the function of a brain region) to test whether certain parts of the brain are necessary to…
- Trial name
- NCT04244682
- Testing
- Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS)
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stephan Hamann
Parkinson Disease
Motor Training in PD
The purpose of this research study is to learn more about brain activity when individuals with and without Parkinson disease (PD) move their lower limbs.
- Trial name
- NCT02457832
- Testing
- Adapted Tango Dancing, Behavioral Control (BC) Condition
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 87 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development