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Modulating Default Mode Network Function: A Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (TDCS) Pilot Study

NCT04598152 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 4

Last updated 2022-01-04

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Summary

The primary purpose of this research is to gather scientific information about how different people's brains work when they look at different types of pictures. This will help to improve the investigators' understanding of the way the brain works for people who are depressed or anxious, and this knowledge could help lead to better diagnosis and treatment.

Conditions

  • Depression, Anxiety

Interventions

DEVICE

TDCS - transcranial direct current stimulation

TDCS involves passing a weak current through the brain. One variant, cathodal TDCS, can be used to temporarily hyperpolarize cortical pyramidal cells, thereby decreasing neuronal connections. TDCS has been explored as a possible treatment for depression, but results to date are mixed. No work has examined whether TDCS can be used in an individually guided manner to target locations in the parietal cortex and alter the patterns of circuitry dysfunction described previously.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Jay Fournier

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jay C Fournier, Ph. D. · University of Pittsburgh

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
30 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-10-01
Primary Completion
2020-03-09
Completion
2020-03-09
FDA Device
Yes

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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