Functional Neuroimaging of Cortical Plasticity in the Human Visual System

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Conditions studied: Stroke, Blindness, Vision

In brief

The study's objective is to measure changes in human visual cortex organization that may arise as a result of injury to the visual pathways. Subjects with retinal or cortical injury will be studied and compared to appropriate controls. Functional magnetic resonance imaging methods are used to monitor cortical topography in time. The main aims of the study are to determine: 1) what are the patterns of cortical reorganization that are seen spontaneously after injury, and 2) whether rehabilitative training can promote adaptive reorganization enhancing recovery.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01062672

Run by

Baylor College of Medicine

People needed

0

Starts

2009-01-01

Expected to finish

2015-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2022-04-11

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Stable lesion of the visual pathways resulting in a visual field scotoma.

You may not qualify if…

• Inability to undergo magnetic resonance imaging,
• Inability to comply with basic instructions,
• Inability to perform the behavioral tasks required,
• Patients with chronic progressive neurological or psychiatric disorders,
• Patients that are pregnant, or breast feeding.

Where it is running

• Baylor College of Medicine — Houston, Texas, United States
• Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics — Tübingen, Germany

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