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Mechanisms of Human Plasticity in the Human System

NCT00001661 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 260

Last updated 2008-03-04

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the physiology associated with plasticity of the motor system. Plasticity refers to the process by which neighboring brain cells assume the responsibilities of damaged or diseased brain cells.

The mechanisms behind this process are unknown. However, researchers have several theories about how plastic changes take place. Possible explanations include the growth of new connections between brain cells and the use of previously unused connections.

Researchers plan to use transcranial magnetic stimulation and drug intervention in order to determine the mechanisms responsible for specific types of plasticity.

Previous studies have shown that certain drugs can affect the mechanisms involved in these changes. By using one drug at a time, researchers plan to evaluate the role of each of several different mechanisms in brain reorganization.

Conditions

  • Blindness
  • Cerebrovascular Accident
  • Spinal Cord Injury

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

    lead NIH

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
1996-12-31
Completion
2002-03-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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