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Noninvasive Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS) for Neuromotor Adaptations

NCT03628976 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 24

Last updated 2022-09-29

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Summary

The study will examine how electrical stimulation of vagus nerve (i.e. nerve around the outer ear) from the skin surface during motor training influences a brain hormone (called norepinephrine), brain activity, and motor performance.

Conditions

  • Healthy Young Adults

Interventions

OTHER

tVNS

Intervention

OTHER

Motor training

Same finger training for both arms

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

    collaborator NIH

  • Georgia Institute of Technology

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Minoru Shinohara, PhD · Georgia Institute of Technology

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-05-20
Primary Completion
2021-06-28
Completion
2021-06-28

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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