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Non-Invasive Electrical Stimulation of the Human Brain
This study has been completed.
Sponsored by: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Information provided by: National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00001216
  Purpose

This study is designed to allow researchers to use transelectrical stimulation to explore the function of the human nervous system and improve diagnosis of neurological disorders.

Transcranial electrical stimulation is a non-invasive technique that can be used to stimulate brain activity and gather information about brain function. Electrical stimulation involves placing electrodes on the scalp or skin and passing an electrical current between them. When this is done, an electrical field is created that activates areas of the brain that control muscles. Muscle activity as a result of the stimulation can be recorded and analyzed.


Condition
Cerebrovascular Disorders
Healthy
Nervous System Diseases
Spinal Cord Injuries

MedlinePlus related topics: Neurologic Diseases Spinal Cord Injuries
U.S. FDA Resources
Study Type: Observational
Official Title: Non-Invasive Stimulation of the Human Central Nervous System (Digitimer)

Further study details as provided by National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC):

Estimated Enrollment: 175
Study Start Date: February 1986
Estimated Study Completion Date: February 2001
Detailed Description:

This protocol application is written to permit us to use transcranial electrical stimulation, a safe and noninvasive method for activating the brain, spinal cord, or proximal nerves through the skin, in appropriate subjects. We will use this technique to explore the function of the human central and peripheral nervous system and to aid in the diagnosis of neurological disorders.

  Eligibility

Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   Yes
Criteria

Males and females, ages 18 and over.

Diverse racial groups.

Amputees and others with whom we will have no patient-care relationship may also be considered to be volunteers.

Patients will be recruited from those referred to the Human Motor Control Section, NINDS who have neurological syndromes that are of interest.

On rare occasions we may attempt to study children as young as 10 years with TES.

Individuals without indwelling cardiac lines and pacemakers.

Patients recruited for study would come from those referred to the EMG laboratory and to the Human Motor Control Clinic who would have distinct neurologic syndromes from well defined peripheral and central nervous system lesions including hemiplegia from stroke, trauma, tumor or focal demyelination (most commonly patients would have hemiplegia from stroke), peripheral nerve lesions, amputations, spinal cord injury.

Normal volunteers, including NIH employees, would be healthy adults without history of physical examination evidence of neurologic disease and individuals with different types of amputations involving upper and lower extremities.

Volunteers may also be participants in the electrophysiological protocol (84-N-0196).

No history of epilepsy.

  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00001216

Locations
United States, Maryland
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892
Sponsors and Collaborators
  More Information

Publications:
Study ID Numbers: 860020, 86-N-0020
Study First Received: November 3, 1999
Last Updated: March 3, 2008
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00001216  
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC):
Amputations
Brainstem Stimulation
Cerebellar Stimulation
Cortical Motor Physiology
Electrical Stimulation
Motor Cortex
Plasticity
Spinal Cord Injury
Stroke

Study placed in the following topic categories:
Spinal Cord Injuries
Spinal Cord Diseases
Cerebral Infarction
Stroke
Wounds and Injuries
Vascular Diseases
Disorders of Environmental Origin
Central Nervous System Diseases
Healthy
Trauma, Nervous System
Brain Diseases
Cerebrovascular Disorders

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Nervous System Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 15, 2009