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Functional Brain Activation Patterns in Schizophrenia, Measured Before and After Treatment

NCT00161057 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 78

Last updated 2009-04-23

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Summary

In this study we, the investigators at UMC Utrecht, intend to investigate changes in brain activation patterns using functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), in patients suffering from schizophrenia who are medication naive or off medication, before using medication and after 8 weeks of medication. Patients will perform a working memory task, a language task and a motor task while lying in the scanner. We hypothesize that the efficiency of the working memory system is reduced and that the lateralization of language is diminished in these patients, and that these functions will normalize after treatment.

Conditions

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • UMC Utrecht

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Nicoletta V Veelen · UMC Utrecht

  • Rene Kahn, M.D. Ph.D. · UMC Utrecht

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Max Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2001-12-31
Completion
2008-09-30

Countries

  • Netherlands

Study Locations

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