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Supporting Decisions With Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Healthy Young and Elderly Individuals

NCT03959462 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 254

Last updated 2023-05-10

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Summary

Decisions are part of the daily life. On the neuronal level, activity in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlPFC) is important during complex decisions (e.g., whether something is emotional for a person or not). We apply transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) with the aim to increase dlPFC activity and thereby modulate decisions towards emotional content.

Conditions

  • Real tDCS
  • Sham tDCS

Interventions

DEVICE

real anodal transcranial direct current stimulation

A neuroConn DC-Stimulator PLUS (neuroCare Group, Ilmenau, Germany) will be used.

DEVICE

sham transcranial direct current stimulation

A neuroConn DC-Stimulator PLUS (neuroCare Group, Ilmenau, Germany) will be used.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Novartis

    collaborator INDUSTRY

  • University of Bern

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jessica Peter, PD · Universitäre psychiatrische Dienste Bern (UPD), University of Bern

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
30 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-03-06
Primary Completion
2022-08-30
Completion
2022-12-30

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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