Status:
COMPLETED
Non-Invasive Electrical Stimulation of the Human Brain
Lead Sponsor:
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Conditions:
Cerebrovascular Disorders
Healthy
Eligibility:
All Genders
Brief Summary
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 electr...
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, ...
Eligibility 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.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 1 1986
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
End Date :
February 1 2001
Estimated Enrollment :
175 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00001216
Start Date
February 1 1986
End Date
February 1 2001
Last Update
March 4 2008
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National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892