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Magnetic Resonance Imaging for the Study of Patients With Neurological Disorders
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: NCT00001362
  Purpose

This study is divided into two parts. The first part of the study will use MRI technology to view the brain structure of patients with neurological disorders and normal volunteers. This portion of the study will attempt to detect specific areas of damage in the brains of patients with amnesia and dementia. It will also try to correlate the amount of brain damage with performance on tests used to measure memory.

In the second part of the study, researchers plan to use MRI technology to study brain function of patients with neurological disorders and normal volunteers when they perform tasks. MRI signals during task performance will be used to record areas of the brain receiving more blood flow indicating increased activity.

Researchers believe this study will help improve existing methods of evaluating patients with neurological disorders. In addition, this study may contribute information about areas of the brain involved in thought processing and motor and sensory function.


Condition
Amnesia
Dementia
Healthy
Nervous System Disease

MedlinePlus related topics: Dementia MRI Scans Memory Neurologic Diseases
U.S. FDA Resources
Study Type: Observational
Official Title: Structural and Functional Imaging of Neurologically Impaired Patients and Normal Volunteers With 1.5 and 3.0 Tesla MRI

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

Estimated Enrollment: 830
Study Start Date: December 1992
Estimated Study Completion Date: July 2003
Detailed Description:

We wish to use MRI technology to study brain structure (Part 1) and function (Part 2) in several neurological disorders and in normal controls. In Part 1 of this protocol, we describe our interest in using detailed MRI brain structure analysis to identify predicted specific neural structure atrophy in patients with selective amnesia and dementia and to attempt to associate the magnitude of atrophy in these neural structures with performance on selected memory tests. In Part 2 of this protocol, we outline our interest in utilizing newly developed MRI techniques to identify selective changes in local brain blood volume, blood flow, and other physiological parameters during functional stimulation. Recent developments permit recording of MRI signals that are indicative of regional cerebral blood volume and blood flow changes. Local changes in these physiological measures appear to topographically overlap with expected areas of functional brain activation. The advantage of this method over Positron Emission Tomography is the exquisite spatial resolution of MRI. This MRI technique is new and has had only limited use so far. The studies in Part 2 of this protocol should help develop the method and begin to answer fundamental biological and functional questions about the representation and activation of cognitive, motor, and sensory functions.

  Eligibility

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

INCLUSION CRITERIA:

Subjects between the ages of 18 and 80.

EXCLUSION CRITERIA:

Patient must be able to give informed consent.

Patients with ferromagnetic objects in their bodies which might be adversely affected by MRI (surgical clips or metal fragments in or near brain, eye or blood vessels, cardiac or neurological pacemaker, cochlear impairments) will be excluded.

Pregnant or lactating women will be excluded. A pregnancy test will be administered to women of childbearing age.

  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00001362

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: 930060, 93-N-0060
Study First Received: November 3, 1999
Last Updated: March 3, 2008
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00001362  
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC):
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Contrast Enhancement
Neuroanatomic Morphometry
Neurobehavioral Deficits
Neurological Disorders
Blood Flow
Blood Volume
Normal Volunteer

Study placed in the following topic categories:
Central Nervous System Diseases
Healthy
Brain Diseases
Memory Disorders
Cognition Disorders
Signs and Symptoms
Delirium, Dementia, Amnestic, Cognitive Disorders
Mental Disorders
Neurologic Manifestations
Dementia
Neurobehavioral Manifestations
Amnesia
Delirium

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Nervous System Diseases

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 15, 2009