Status:
COMPLETED
Brain Networks Responsible for Sense of Agency
Lead Sponsor:
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Conditions:
Spatiotemporal Patterns
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-80 years
Brief Summary
This study of healthy normal volunteers will examine the brain networks involved in people's sense that they control their own movements (sense of agency). Although almost everyone has a sense of agen...
Detailed Description
Objective The purpose of this study is to investigate spatiotemporal patterns of brain networks involved in the sense of agency using high-resolution electroencephalography (EEG). Study Population ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- INCLUSION CRITERIA:
- Subjects age 18 and older
- Subjects must be right-hand dominant (Edinburgh Handedness Quotient greater than 60)
- Subjects willing to abstain from caffeine or alcohol for 48 hours prior to the EEG study
- EXCLUSION CRITERIA:
- Subjects with any abnormal findings on neurological exam
- Subjects with any history of brain tumor, stroke, head trauma or a vascular malformation as obtained by history or from imaging studies
- Subjects with any history of a severe medical condition, such as cardiovascular disease, which would prevent them from sitting for up to 120 minutes
- Subjects without the capacity to give informed consent
- Subjects with other restrictions which prevent them from undergoing EEG recordings for up to 60 minutes
- Subjects who are taking neuroleptic medications
- Subjects are not eligible for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scan, if the subjects have pacemakers, intracardiac line, implanted metallic pump, neural stimulator, or a metallic object inside the skull, metal braces, cochlear devices, surgical clips and other metal/magnetic implants; are afraid of being in small spaces; are pregnant
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 27 2006
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
End Date :
December 16 2008
Estimated Enrollment :
20 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00283907
Start Date
January 27 2006
End Date
December 16 2008
Last Update
July 2 2017
Active Locations (1)
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National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892