Clinical trials: Visual Cortical Plasticity
Visual Cortical Plasticity, Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Measuring rTMS-induced Neuroplasticity With EEG Steady-state Visual-evoked Potentials
The goals of this study are to 1) use EEG steady-state visual evoked potentials as a noninvasive measure of the neuroplasticity induced by repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), 2) use visual contrast detection…
- Conditions
- Visual Cortical Plasticity, Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Visual Attention
- Trial name
- NCT05853939
- Testing
- repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 106 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Amblyopia, Anisometropic Ambyopia
Visual Cortex Stimulation in Patients With Amblyopia
This study will examine whether direct current (DC) polarization (electrical stimulation) of the visual cortex can cause a temporary improvement of vision in an amblyopic eye of an adult.
- Conditions
- Amblyopia, Anisometropic Ambyopia, Amblyopia, Suppression
- Trial name
- NCT00097162
- Testing
- Anodal stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- National Eye Institute (NEI)
Blindness
Sensory Substitution and Brain Plasticity Following Vision Loss
The goal of this clinical investigation is to learn how the brain responds when visual information is converted into patterns of sound or touch in blind and sighted participants.
- Trial name
- SenSubMRI (NCT07450677)
- Testing
- Electrotactile display (BrainPort), Vision-to-sound converter (AI Sight)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Macular Degeneration, Central Visual Impairment
Scotoma Perimetry Oculomotor Training
The proposed research is relevant to public health because a greater understanding of plasticity after central vision loss can inform new therapies for treating low vision and has potential to benefit millions of individuals…
- Trial name
- SPOT (NCT05456581)
- Testing
- 'Scotoma awareness' Training, Control Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Central Visual Impairment, Macular Degeneration
Factors in Learning And Plasticity: Macular Degeneration
A greater understanding of plasticity after central vision loss can inform new therapies for treating low vision and has the potential to benefit millions of individuals suffering from low vision.
- Trial name
- FLAP (NCT05454124)
- Testing
- Training visual sensitivity, Combination training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Visual Field Defect, Stroke
Vision Improvement Through Behavioral Rehabilitation And Neuroplasticity Training
The VIBRANT (Vision Improvement through Behavioral Rehabilitation And Neuroplasticity Training) study is a prospective, double-blind, crossover design (within-subject) in participants with homonymous hemianopia-a type of visual…
- Conditions
- Visual Field Defect, Stroke, Hemianopia, Quadrantanopia
- Trial name
- VIBRANT (NCT07105358)
- Testing
- transcranial random noise stimulation (tRNS), Perceptual learning-based training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Georgetown University
Cortical Plasticity
Network Effects of Left M1 rTMS: A TMS-EEG Study
This study investigates the modification of connectivity patterns in response to one session of active repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) applied to the primary motor cortex.
- Trial name
- CORTEX-4 (NCT07580989)
- Testing
- rTMS
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aalborg University
Stroke, Blindness
Functional Neuroimaging of Cortical Plasticity in the Human Visual System
The study's objective is to measure changes in human visual cortex organization that may arise as a result of injury to the visual pathways.
- Conditions
- Stroke, Blindness, Vision
- Trial name
- NCT01062672
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Germany
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Baylor College of Medicine
Central Visual Impairment, Macular Degeneration
Factors in Learning And Plasticity: Healthy Vision
A greater understanding of plasticity after central vision loss can inform new therapies for treating low vision and has the potential to benefit millions of individuals suffering from low vision.
- Trial name
- FLAP (NCT05439759)
- Testing
- Condition 1: Training visual sensitivity, Condition 2: Training spatial integration, Condition 3: Training spatial attention
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham