Status:

COMPLETED

Quantitation of Glymphatic Functioning in Sleep and Meditative States

Lead Sponsor:

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Conditions:

Parkinson Disease

Sleep

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-45 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This involves development and application of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) methods for visualizing hemodynamic and metabolic relationships in healthy volunteers with advanced meditation experience.

Detailed Description

This study is evaluating the glymphatic system during awake, sleep, and meditative states.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Ages 14-45
  • "Adept meditator status"

Exclusion

  • Any non-MR compatible material implant, or contraindication to MR scanning
  • Claustrophobia or inability to lie still for prolonged periods of time
  • Participants with a recent (less than 2 months) infection, tattoo, or wound
  • No consumption of stimulants or alcohol within 12 hours of the study visit
  • clinical diagnosis of any major neurological or psychological condition
  • Taking benzodiazepines, cholinestorase inhibitors, anti-psychotics, opioids, MAO inhibitors

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 1 2021

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 1 2024

Estimated Enrollment :

75 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04506892

Start Date

February 1 2021

End Date

December 1 2024

Last Update

August 6 2025

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Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37212-3160