Status:
RECRUITING
Multifocal HD-tDCS and Motor Function
Lead Sponsor:
University of Michigan
Collaborating Sponsors:
Medical University of South Carolina
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Conditions:
Healthy
Eligibility:
All Genders
65-85 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to understand how the brain controls movement and how Non-invasive Brain Stimulation (NIBS) with a technique called High-density transcranial direct current stimulation (H...
Detailed Description
This project is the first of two projects. The second project will be registered as a separate project in the future and enroll participants from this project.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Participants should be in good health with normal or corrected-to-normal visual acuity
- Right handed
- No history of neurological disorder
- English speaker
- Able to provide written consent prior to admission
Exclusion
- Left-handed
- Participants are pregnant, suspect pregnancy or are attempting to become pregnant
- Have a pacemaker, intracardiac lines or any other medically implanted device or medicine pump
- Have cochlear hearing implants
- Taking drugs known to influence neural receptors that facilitate neuroplasticity (see protocol)
- Have non removable body piercings or have foreign objects in body
- Have metal anywhere in the head that could increase risk of serious injury (not including braces, dental fillings, etc.) (see protocol)
- Have a personal or family history of seizure/epilepsy
- Taking prescription drugs that lower the threshold for seizures
- Recent history of excessive alcohol consumption
- History of alcohol addiction/dependence
- Recent history of recreational drug use
- History of drug addiction/dependence
- Recent history of recreational drug use
- History of drug addiction/dependence
- Diagnosed with a stroke, brain hemorrhage, brain tumor, encephalitis.
- Diagnosed with multiple sclerosis
- Diagnosed with Parkinson's disease or Alzheimer's disease
- Diagnosed with depression in the past 6 months
- Diagnosed with attention deficit disorder, schizophrenia, manic depressive (bipolar) disorder
- Diagnosed with normal pressure hydrocephalus or increased intra-cranial pressure
- Diabetes requiring insulin treatment
- Any serious heart disorder or liver disease
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 25 2025
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
January 25 2026
Estimated Enrollment :
40 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT06561165
Start Date
February 25 2025
End Date
January 25 2026
Last Update
September 5 2025
Active Locations (1)
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University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48109