Status:
COMPLETED
Neuromodulation in Depressed and Schizophrenic Patients - Changing MEP (Muscle Evoked Potentials) by tDCS (Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation)
Lead Sponsor:
Ludwig-Maximilians - University of Munich
Conditions:
Schizophrenia
Depression
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-65 years
Brief Summary
Muscle evoked potentials (MEP) are supposed to different in schizophrenic and depressed patients, compared to a sample of healthy volunteers. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)-evoked MEP are mea...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- The patient must be in the condition to understand the patient-information, as well as the necessary examinations.
- He/she must be able to give a written consent.
- No medication at least three weeks before enrollment.
Exclusion
- Existence of a care/legal incapacity
- Existing pregnancy
- Severe psychiatric illness (with exception of affective disorder)
- Acute suicidality
- Drug-, medication- or alcohol dependence
- Dementia according to DSM IV / ICD 10-criterions
- Severe brain infarctus in the anamnesis
- Indications of structural damage of the basal ganglia or the brain stem
- Severe neurological disorders (e.g. M. Parkinson, epilepsy, discus-prolapse, dementia, systemic neurological illnesses, normal pressure hydrocephalus, cerebrovascular diseases, elevated intracranial pressure, in the last 6 months, polyneuropathies).
- Severe other medical conditions, like manifest arterial hypertonia, severe heart disease, pacemakers, respiratory failure, malignant illnesses all type, also in the history, active infectious diseases, skeletal disorders (like M. Paget, osteoporosis with spontaneous fractures, fresh fractures) Other circumstances, that speaks against a participation of the patient pinion of Medical Doctor at this study.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2009
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
January 1 2011
Estimated Enrollment :
30 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01150734
Start Date
October 1 2009
End Date
January 1 2011
Last Update
April 22 2011
Active Locations (1)
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Ludwig-Maximilians-University
Munich, Germany, 80333