Status:

COMPLETED

Brain Activity in People With Functional Movement Disorders

Lead Sponsor:

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

Conditions:

Functional Movement Disorders

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-65 years

Brief Summary

This study will use functional MRI (fMRI, a technique that shows what areas of the brain are active when performing different mental tasks), to examine how the brain in people with functional movement...

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study is to utilize functional MRI (fMRI) to identify structural brain regions and activation patterns involved in deception in order to determine whether illness decept...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • INCLUSION CRITERIA:
  • PATIENTS:
  • Age 18 to 65
  • Subjects willing to abstain from caffeine or alcohol for 48 hours prior to the fMRI scanning
  • Diagnosis of a functional movement disorder confirmed by a study investigator
  • HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS:
  • \- Age 18 to 65
  • EXCLUSION CRITERIA:
  • Subjects with any abnormal findings on neurological exam consistent with an organic disorder
  • Subjects with a positive urine pregnancy test
  • Subjects with a positive urine drug screen
  • Subjects who are pregnant
  • Subjects with any finding on the MRI safety questionnaire which prevents them from safely undergoing an MRI scan
  • Subjects with metallic dental fillings which are likely to enhance MRI artifacts
  • Subjects with any history of dementia, brain tumor, stroke, head trauma or a vascular malformation as obtained by history or from imaging studies
  • Subjects with moderate to severe brain atrophy on imaging studies, as assessed by a study investigator
  • Subjects with any history of a severe medical condition, such as cardiovascular disease, which would prevent them from lying flat for up to 120 minutes
  • Subjects without the capacity to give informed consent
  • Subjects with claustrophobia or other restrictions which prevent them from undergoing a scan in a confined space for up to 120 minutes
  • Subjects using beta-blocker medications or other chronotropes which may inhibit the cardiac responsivity
  • Patient whose movement frequency and severity prevents them from undergoing MRI safely and effectively for the purposes of data collection
  • Patient with a pending medical-legal case
  • Subjects with suicidal ideation

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    March 8 2007

    Trial Type :

    OBSERVATIONAL

    End Date :

    August 5 2008

    Estimated Enrollment :

    65 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00448084

    Start Date

    March 8 2007

    End Date

    August 5 2008

    Last Update

    July 2 2017

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    National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike

    Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892