Clinical trials: tACS
Subjective Cognitive Decline
Effects of Individualized Theta-tACS on a Working Memory Training at SCD
The aim of the study is to investigate the effects and mechanisms of action of an individualized transcranial alternating current stimulation in the theta-range (ITF-tACS) on a three day spatial working memory training in healthy…
- Trial name
- tACOSenior (NCT06501755)
- Testing
- transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS)
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital Tuebingen
Stroke, Aphasia, Acquired
tACS to Enhance Language Abilities
The goal of this study is to see if transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) can be used to enhance language abilities in people with post-stroke aphasia.
- Conditions
- Stroke, Aphasia, Acquired, Aphasia
- Trial name
- NCT06092814
- Testing
- Active transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
SCHIZOPHRENIA 1 (Disorder), Sensory Perceptual Characteristics
Precision HD-tACS for Enhancing Sensory Experience in Schizophrenia
To ensure unified sensory perception, the brain must link information from different senses across time and space. This unification of perception often referred to as a perceptual "binding constraint" is a prerequisite for any…
- Trial name
- TherACles (NCT07632261)
- Testing
- Transcranial neurostimulation
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hôpital le Vinatier
Stroke, Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA)
Investigating Central Contributions to Fatigue Using Non-invasive Brain Stimulation
The goal of this interventional study is to understand the contribution of the central components to the manifestation of neuromuscular fatigue in stroke survivors.
- Conditions
- Stroke, Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA), Ischemia Stroke, Hemorrhage Stroke
- Trial name
- NCT07613970
- Testing
- Transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS)
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Healthy
Modulating Speech Perception With Current Stimulation
This study aims to further develop tACS as a tool to improve speech perception, by manipulation of brain-speech synchronisation ("entrainment"), thereby transforming a promising approach into a technique that can benefit to…
- Trial name
- SPEECHSTIM (NCT05446350)
- Testing
- transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS), electroencephalography (EEG), brain imaging (fMRI)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 126 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Toulouse
Healhty
Gamma Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation in Healthy Adults
Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation (tACS), particularly at gamma frequencies, may enhance fast brain oscillations (especially gamma and possibly beta), while reducing slower rhythms such as theta.
- Trial name
- NCT07095218
- Testing
- Application of Tacs
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medipol University
Dysphagia, Swallowing Disorder
tACS and tRNS Studies on Brain Control of Swallowing
Transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) and transcranial random noise stimulation (tRNS) are two (CE marked medical devices) new, non-invasive (over the scalp) brain stimulation (NIBS) techniques.
- Trial name
- NCT04040803
- Testing
- Transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) and transcranial random noise stimulation (tRNS)
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 17 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Manchester
Memory Deficits, tACS
tACS Improves Memory in Elders With Subjective Memory Complaints
Subjective memory complaints (SMC), the main cognitive component of which is event memory, is a predictor of Alzheimer's disease in elderly people.
- Trial name
- NCT05569902
- Testing
- active tACS
- Where
- Iran
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Tehran
Cluster Headache, Cluster Headaches and Other Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalgias
The Will Erwin Headache Research Center - Cluster Headache Study
The Will Erwin Headache Research Center Study of Cluster Headache and Trigeminal Neuralgia is a prospective, multicenter, observational research network for subjects with Cluster Headache and/or Trigeminal Neuralgia.
- Conditions
- Cluster Headache, Cluster Headaches and Other Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalgias, Paroxysmal Hemicrania, SUNCT
- Trial name
- WEC1 (NCT02910323)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Alzheimer Disease, Working Memory
Induction and Stabilization of Gamma Oscillations With 40 Hz External Brain Stimulation
The goal of the present studies is to develop and validate novel stimulation protocols for the entrainment of gamma oscillations, which are associated with many cognitive functions and critically involved in cognitive impairment…
- Conditions
- Alzheimer Disease, Working Memory, EEG Brain Oscillations
- Trial name
- NCT06680154
- Testing
- Transcranial alternating current stimulation, Theta burst stimulation
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The National Brain Mapping Laboratory (NBML)
Memory Impairment
The Effect of tES on a Cognitive Training
The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of a transcranial electrical stimulation (tES) on a cognitive training in healthy elderly and memory impaired participants.
- Trial name
- NCT03475446
- Testing
- real anodal tDCS healthy elderly, real tACS healthy elderly, real anodal tDCS MCI
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 65 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Bern
Understand the Effects of tACS on the Brain
Investigating Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation (tACS) Preconditioning Effects on Resting and Active Motor Threshold
Previous studies have looked at the potential of using transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) to prime the brain in order to lower the resting motor threshold.
- Trial name
- NCT05503823
- Testing
- tACS or tRNS and TMS
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 6 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Manitoba
Healthy
Effects of Alpha tACS
**Follow-up Control Study for Creativity Study Purpose: To investigate the effect of transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS), a form of noninvasive brain stimulation, in healthy subjects.
- Trial name
- PACS (NCT03135639)
- Testing
- NeuroConn Plus Stimulator tACS
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Cognitive Dysfunction, Alzheimer Disease
Association of Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation with Digital Cognitive Training for Cognitive Remediation in Older Adults
BACKGROUND Cognitive decline in older adults, especially those who develop Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer's Disease, currently has limited options of pharmacological treatments, with modest efficacy.
- Conditions
- Cognitive Dysfunction, Alzheimer Disease, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Cognitive Decline
- Trial name
- NCT06733714
- Testing
- Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation, Digital Cognitive Training
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro