Status:
COMPLETED
Enhance of Language Learning with Neurostimulation
Lead Sponsor:
Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
Collaborating Sponsors:
German Research Foundation
Conditions:
Stroke
Aphasia
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-86 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to test the effect of transcranial direct current stimulation over the motor cortex of the language dominant hemisphere on language learning in healthy subjects and stroke...
Detailed Description
The motor cortex is involved at different levels of language processing. It has been demonstrated that the perception of action words activates motor representations in the language-dominant hemispher...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- age \>18 and \< 86 years
- contractual capability
- ischemic stroke excluding motor cortex (stroke patients)
- minimum time since stroke 9 months
- aphasia (stroke patients)
- severe aphasia that impedes understanding of instructions (stroke patients)
Exclusion
- sever head trauma in the past
- seizures
- pace maker
- metal implants in the head/neck region
- severe comorbidity, especially neurologic and psychiatric diseases
- intake of illegal drugs
- Mini Mental State examination score \< 27
- neuroactive substances, e.g. antidepressants
- pregnancy
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2009
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
July 1 2010
Estimated Enrollment :
70 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00854893
Start Date
October 1 2009
End Date
July 1 2010
Last Update
December 11 2024
Active Locations (1)
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University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Department of Neurology
Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, 20246