Magnetic Resonance Imaging for the Study of Patients With Neurological Disorders
Completed
Conditions studied: Amnesia, Dementia, Healthy, Nervous System Disease
In brief
This study is divided into two parts. The first part of the study will use MRI technology to view the brain structure of patients with neurological disorders and normal volunteers. This portion of the study will attempt to detect specific areas of damage in the brains of patients with amnesia and dementia. It will also try to correlate the amount of brain damage with performance on tests used to measure memory. In the second part of the study, researchers plan to use MRI technology to study brain function of patients with neurological disorders and normal volunteers when they perform tasks. MRI signals during task performance will be used to record areas of the brain receiving more blood flow indicating increased activity. Researchers believe this study will help improve existing methods of evaluating patients with neurological disorders. In addition, this study may contribute information about areas of the brain involved in thought processing and motor and sensory function.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00001362
- Run by
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
- People needed
- 830
- Starts
- 1992-12-01
- Expected to finish
- 2003-07-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2008-03-04
Who can join
Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Subjects between the ages of 18 and 80.
You may not qualify if…
- Patient must be able to give informed consent.
- Patients with ferromagnetic objects in their bodies which might be adversely affected by MRI (surgical clips or metal fragments in or near brain, eye or blood vessels, cardiac or neurological pacemaker, cochlear impairments) will be excluded.
- Pregnant or lactating women will be excluded. A pregnancy test will be administered to women of childbearing age.
Where it is running
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) — Bethesda, Maryland, United States
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