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Functional Organization of Somatosensory Responses in the Secondary Somatosensitive Area and Insula

NCT00542906 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 25

Last updated 2009-06-17

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The implication of the second somatosensory area (SII) and the insular cortex in the processing of somatosensory inputs is now well established. However the functional anatomy of these areas hidden in the depth of the sylvian scissure remain mostly unknown.

The aim of this fMRI study is to determine the functional cartography of SII and insula. The localization of responses to different somatosensory stimuli (slight touch, warm, cold, heat pain and arthrokinesia) applied on the left hand of 25 healthy volunteers, will be compared.

Conditions

  • Healthy

Interventions

OTHER

localization

localization of the several types of somatosensory stimuli

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Laure Mazzola, MD · CHU de Saint-Etienne

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-10-31
Primary Completion
2008-04-30
Completion
2008-04-30

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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