Memory Consolidation in Pharmacologically Enhanced Naps

Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Sleep

In brief

This study will examine whether various drugs affecting sleep cycles can improve different kinds of memory.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00777829

Run by

University of California, San Diego

People needed

30

Starts

2008-09-01

Expected to finish

2011-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2021-07-28

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 39. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Speaks English
• Resides in the general San Diego community
• Completed at least 12 years of formal education, because education may affect performance on the cognitive task

You may not qualify if…

• No regular sleep-wake schedule, defined as not meeting study criteria or scoring between 31 and 69 on the Horne-Ostberg Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire
• Presence of a sleep disorder reported or detected on the questionnaires
• Personal or immediate family (i.e., first degree relative) history of diagnosed significant psychopathology
• Personal history of head injury with loss of consciousness for more than 15 minutes or with seizures
• History of substance dependence
• Current use of any psychotropic medications
• Any cardiac, respiratory, or other medical condition that may affect cerebral metabolism
• Noncorrectable vision and audition impairments

Where it is running

• UCSD General Clinical Research Center Laboratory for Sleep and Chronobiology (GCRC-LSC) — La Jolla, California, United States

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