sing TMS-EEG to assess effective connectivity
- Conditions
- euroscientific researchN/A
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON43761
- Lead Sponsor
- Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 96
Only healthy, competent, participants, 18*45 years old, with normal vision or corrected-to normal vision by means of contact lenses.
- Serious head trauma or brain surgery
- Previous history of epilepsy
- Large or ferromagnetic metal parts in the head (except for a dental wire)
- Implanted cardiac pacemaker or neurostimulator
- Pregnancy
- Large of ferromagnetic metal parts in the body
- Claustrophobia
- Skin diseases at intended electrode sites
- Disorders of vision (i.e., deviation from *normal or corrected-to-normal vision*)
- History or current presence of any neurologic or psychiatric disease
- Any prescribed medication that can alter cortical excitability (e.g. antiepileptics, tricyclic anti-depressives or benzodiazepines) or can have an influence on the participant*s vigilance or cognitive performance within two weeks prior to participation.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>The amplitude of the TMS-evoked potential (TEP) in the EEG as a function of (1)<br /><br>stimulation area, (2) the presence or absence of an earlier pulse over<br /><br>connected brain areas, and (3) cognitive condition.</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>N/A</p><br>