Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) for the Study of Response Inhibition, and Face and Linguistic Processing in Autism

Completed

Conditions studied: Autism, Asperger's Syndrome

In brief

This study investigates face processing, response inhibition and phoneme processing in autistic adults by fMRI.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00211783

Run by

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

People needed

71

Starts

2004-11-01

Expected to finish

2012-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-06-28

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 50. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age range of 18-50 years old
• Diagnosis: autism spectrum disorder by Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition (DSM-IV) and Autism Diagnostic Interview - Revised (ADI-R)
• Intelligence quotient (IQ) > 80
• Outpatients

You may not qualify if…

• Subjects with epilepsy
• Subjects with history of schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder or other Axis 1 mental disorders, such as bipolar disorder
• Subjects reporting history of encephalitis, phenylketonuria, tuberous sclerosis, fragile X syndrome, anoxia during birth, neurofibromatosis, hypomelanosis of Ito, hypothyroidism, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, and maternal rubella
• Subjects who have received depot neuroleptic medication, or other psychoactive drugs within the past 5 weeks.

Where it is running

• Mount Sinai School of Medicine — New York, New York, United States

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