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Clinical Trials/NL-OMON37260
NL-OMON37260
Recruiting
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Cognitive aging and neuroplasticity: prefrontal compensatory mechanisms during working-memory performance - fNIRS during working-memory performance in elderly

niversitair Medisch Centrum Sint Radboud0 sites66 target enrollmentTBD

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
cognitieve veroudering
Sponsor
niversitair Medisch Centrum Sint Radboud
Enrollment
66
Status
Recruiting
Last Updated
2 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
TBD
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
2 years ago
Study Type
Interventional

Investigators

Sponsor
niversitair Medisch Centrum Sint Radboud

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • \- Males and females aged 20\-35 (young adults group) or 60\-85 (older adults group and MCI group)
  • \- MCI group: Diagnosis of amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment according to International Working Group criteria.
  • \- Right\-handed
  • \- Dutch speaking
  • \- Informed consent
  • \- Normal or corrected\-to\-normal vision
  • \- Access to a PC with internet connection at home (older adults group and MCI group)

Exclusion Criteria

  • \- Estimated IQ \< 85 (based on Nederlandse Leestest voor Volwassenen (NLV) \-score)
  • \- Mini\-Mental State Examination (MMSE) score of \< 27 (for healthy older adults group)
  • \- Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR) \* 1 (i.e. fulfilling the criteria for diagnosis of dementia)
  • \- Current psychiatric disorder, such as psychosis or major depression
  • \- Current or past neurological disorder, such as severe cerebral vascular disease (e.g. cortical stroke, subarachnoid hemorrhage), Parkinson\*s disease, epilepsy, traumatic brain injury, central nervous system infection, brain tumor, and alcoholic encephalopathy. N.B. Transient Ischaemic Attack, lacunar infarction and white matter lesions are no exclusion criteria.
  • \- Current severe systemic disease such as coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction \< 6 months, heart failure (unstable), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (unstable)
  • \- General medical conditions, such as repetitive strain injury (RSI), which may confound the results of the study, as judged by the investigator
  • \- Blood pressure \> 160/90 mmHg (use of antihypertensives are allowed)
  • \- Use of psychopharmacological drugs (anxiolytics, antidepressants, antipsychotic drugs, long\-acting benzodiazepines etc.)
  • \- Current abuse of drugs or alcohol

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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