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Modulation of the Activity of the Cerebellum in Autism (MACA)

NCT05781412 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2023-04-07

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Summary

Research on the involvement of the cerebellum in social understanding behavior and the mentalizing brain system has just begun. Knowledge about the neurobiology of social understanding is important for understanding the ways to manipulate these processes. Like cerebral tDCS, cerebellar tDCS could then be used to enhance more complex processes, such as mentalizing, in healthy individuals. It can eventually also be examined as a therapeutic tool for patients with mentalizing difficulties such as patients with ASD. In this study, it is examined whether anodal tDCS at the right posterior cerebellum influences social understanding and which cerebro-cerebellar networks play a role in this process.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

tDCS

Anodal and Sham cerebellar tDCS will be used in each participant in a counterbalanced order

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Vrije Universiteit Brussel

    collaborator OTHER

  • University Ghent

    collaborator OTHER

  • Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel

    collaborator OTHER

  • Beatriz Catoira

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-05-24
Primary Completion
2024-03-01
Completion
2024-10-30

Countries

  • Belgium

Study Locations

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