Non-invasive Nerve Stimulation and Cognitive Training to Improve Cognitive Performance in Healthy Older Adults

University of Florida2 sites in 1 country7 target enrollmentNovember 17, 2020

ConditionsAging

Overview

Phase: Not Applicable
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Aging
Sponsor: University of Florida
Enrollment: 7
Locations: 2
Primary Endpoint: Change in working memory and processing speed contributors
Status: Active, not recruiting
Last Updated: last year

Overview Investigators Eligibility Criteria Outcomes Sites Similar Trials

Overview

Brief Summary

We need better tools to both enhance brain health and improve cognitive performance in healthy brain aging so that it can be delayed, reduced, or even reversed. The present proposal is designed to evaluate the pairing of cognitive training with a non-invasive neurostimulation technology that has shown promise in both increasing neuroplasticity and in enhancing cognitive performance, transcutaneous vagal nerve stimulation (tVNS).

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

November 17, 2020

End Date

October 30, 2025

Last Updated

last year

Study Type

Interventional

Study Design

Parallel

Sex

All

Investigators

Sponsor

University of Florida

Responsible Party

Sponsor

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

•Healthy individuals willing to commit to study requirements

Exclusion Criteria

•Neurological disorders to include traumatic brain injury.
•Evidence of dementia .
•Major psychiatric illness
•Unstable and chronic medical conditions.
•MRI contraindications (e.g., pregnancy, claustrophobia, metal implants that are contraindicated for MRI).
•Physical impairment precluding motor response or lying still or walking
•Hearing or vision deficits that will not allow for completion of assessments