Clinical trials: Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
Metaplasticity
Improving Hand Movement Training Through Electrical Stimulation of the Brain
This study will determine if applying electrical stimulation of the brain can influence training to perform finger movements. The study may provide information that can be used to design rehabilitation therapies for people who…
- Trial name
- NCT00331318
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Pedophilia
From Attention to Behavior: Increasing Behavioral Inhibition
This project will investigate if transcranial direct current stimulation can be used as treatment for Pedophilia. Treatment efficacy will be evaluated with behavioral tasks and the recording of eye-movement.
- Trial name
- tDCS (NCT03825627)
- Testing
- Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 76 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Zurich
Tobacco Use Disorder
Effect of a Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation Technique on Smoking Cessation Behaviors
In this pilot study, the feasibility of using tDCS (a non-invasive brain stimulation technique) while performing a task requiring cognitive flexibility will be examined in smokers and initial data will be collected regarding the…
- Trial name
- NCT03386253
- Testing
- active tDCS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Transcranial Electrical Stimulation (tES)
Cognitive Enhancement Through Model-based and Individualized Neurostimulation
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about the effects of transcranial electric stimulation on attentional control and brain dynamics in healthy adults.
- Trial name
- NCT06235970
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Healthy Older Adults
Modulation of Visual-Spatial Learning in Healthy Older Adults by tDCS
The aim of this study is to investigate whether a combination of intensive training of visual-spatial abilities (LOCATO task) with anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) leads to an improvement of learning and…
- Trial name
- NCT02110056
- Testing
- tDCS, training
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Charite University, Berlin, Germany
Primary Progressive Aphasia, MCI
tDCS Intervention in Primary Progressive Aphasia
Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a neurodegenerative disease that affects first and foremost language abilities. Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is slowly progressive decline in a single domain of cognition (e.g.
- Conditions
- Primary Progressive Aphasia, MCI, FTD
- Trial name
- NCT02606422
- Testing
- Active HD-tDCS plus Speech-Language Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 61 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Parkinson's Disease
Use of Noninvasive Brain Stimulation in Parkinson's Disease
The purpose of this research is to determine whether repetitive sessions of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) to the prefrontal cortex can enhance the cognitive, affective and motor functioning of those with…
- Trial name
- NCT01113086
- Testing
- Transcranial direct current stimulation
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
Healthy
Normal Brain Imaging Database for Brain Disorder Studies
Healthy volunteers will be recruited. All subjects will be tested a battery of neuropsychological tests, then undergo fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography (PET) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
- Trial name
- Normal_tDCS (NCT03027869)
- Testing
- transcranial direct current stimulation
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Manitoba
Transcranial Electrical Stimulation
Posture Training and Cerebellar Stimulation in Elderly People
Motor learning relies on both feedback and feedforward mechanisms to keep progressive optimization of motor behaviors in a coordinated manner.
- Trial name
- P (NCT04154397)
- Testing
- cerebellar transcranial stimulation
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Cheng-Kung University Hospital
Aging
Cognitive Training Combined With Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Older Adults in a Home-based Context
The aim of this study is to investigate whether a tDCS-accompanied intensive cognitive training is feasible as a home-based intervention.
- Trial name
- TrainStim4 (NCT04817124)
- Testing
- Anodal tDCS, Intensive cognitive training
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Medicine Greifswald
Aging
Cognitive Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Older Adults
This research is being done to determine whether transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) can improve certain mental abilities.
- Trial name
- NCT01611103
- Testing
- transcranial direct current stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 43 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Healthy
Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Over the Left VLPFC on Cognitive Reappraisal
This study aims to investigate the role of the left ventrolateral prefrontal cortex (VLPFC) on cognitive reappraisal, using the reinterpretation strategy.
- Trial name
- NCT03224897
- Testing
- Cathodal tDCS, Anodal tDCS
- Where
- 2 sites in Brazil
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
Cognitive Symptom, Healthy
The Effect of Transcranial Direct Stimulation on Cognitive Functions of Healthy Adults
Background: Transcranial direct current stimulation(tDCS) has been used to improve cognitive functions in healthy young adults. Purpose: To investigate the effect of TDCS application on different cortex regions on cognitive…
- Trial name
- NCT04873804
- Testing
- Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
- Where
- 2 sites in Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 57 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medipol University
Primary Progressive Aphasia
Speech-Language Treatment With Remotely Supervised Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Primary Progressive Aphasia
Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a disorder characterized by gradual decline in speech-language ability caused by underlying neurodegenerative disease.
- Trial name
- NCT05901233
- Testing
- Remotely supervised Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (RS-tDCS), Lexical Retrieval Training (LRT), Video Implemented Script Training in Aphasia (VISTA)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Texas at Austin
OCD, Decision-Making
Arbitration Between Habitual and Goal-directed Behavior in Obsessive-compulsive Disorder: Circuit Dynamics and Effects of Noninvasive Neurostimulation
People utilize two behavioral strategies, goal-directed and habitual, when engaging in value-based decision-making that involves rewarding or punishing outcomes.
- Conditions
- OCD, Decision-Making, tDCS, fMRI
- Trial name
- NCT04075890
- Testing
- transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 66 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Dyslexia, Developmental, Reading
Enhancing Letter-Speech Sound Learning and Reading Network Activation With Transcranial Electrical Stimulation
This study investigates the effects of transcranial electrical stimulation (tES) on the brain and its potential to enhance reading-related learning.
- Conditions
- Dyslexia, Developmental, Reading, Dyslexia, Learning
- Trial name
- LexiStim (NCT07546292)
- Testing
- Transcranial random noise stimulation
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Silvia Brem
Healthy
The Effects of Different Montages of tDCS on Muscle Strength in Healthy Adults
To investigate the effects of different montages of tDCS on muscle strength in healthy adults
- Trial name
- NCT04672109
- Testing
- Transcranial direct current stimulation
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mahidol University
Stroke, Motor Disorder
Effects of Brain Network by Simultaneous Dual-mode Stimulation in Subacute Stroke Patients
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) or transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) has been used for the modulation of stroke patients' motor function by altering the cortical excitability.
- Trial name
- NCT03279640
- Testing
- rTMS on ipsilesional M1, tDCS on contralesional M1
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Samsung Medical Center
Stroke
Potentiation of Procedural Motor Learning in Health and Disease
The investigators plan to improve the learning of motor skills by pharmacological means (dopamine), and by noninvasive brain stimulation. They will study both healthy subjects and chronic stroke patients.
- Trial name
- NCT00126087
- Testing
- dopamine
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital Muenster
Neurosurgery
Neurosurgical Skill Enhancement Using Transcranial Stimulation
Recent changes in medical training environments and restrictive work-hour regulations have greatly impacted trainees, limiting the number of opportunities to gain proficiency in procedural skills.
- Trial name
- LETS-LEARN (NCT02987816)
- Testing
- Anodal tDCS
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Calgary