Ultrasound Effects on Human Motor Cortical Plasticity

Status unconfirmed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Healthy Participants

In brief

The purpose of this study is to test the duration and effect of single element focused ultrasound to the primary motor cortex on healthy human participants with the use of transcranial focused ultrasound and transcranial magnetic stimulation.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04168762

Run by

University of Virginia

People needed

80

Starts

2019-01-28

Expected to finish

2020-01-27

Last updated by the study team

2019-11-20

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Healthy, adult subject
• 18-65 years of age
• Provided informed consent

You may not qualify if…

• Presence of a significant medical, psychiatric, or neurologic illness
• History of loss of consciousness of more than ten minutes in the past year or loss of consciousness in a lifetime that required rehabilitation services
• Personal or family history of seizure
• Any history of stroke/transient ischemic attack (TIA) or severe traumatic brain injury
• Taking any medications that may decrease the threshold for seizure
• Pregnancy (self-reported)
• Affirmative answers to one or more questions of the provided attached safety questionnaires. These are not absolute contraindications to this study but the risk/benefit ratio will be carefully balanced by the PI
• Failure to follow laboratory or study procedures

Where it is running

• University of Virginia — Charlottesville, Virginia, United States (enrolling)

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