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Clinical Trials/DRKS00028572
DRKS00028572
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fMRI Techniques for Studying Neural Substrates of Expressive Agrammatism and Normal Language Production

Director of Division of Cognitive Clinical Sciences at RWTH University Clinic0 sites110 target enrollmentMay 6, 2022

Overview

Phase
未知
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Agrammatism
Sponsor
Director of Division of Cognitive Clinical Sciences at RWTH University Clinic
Enrollment
110
Status
Recruiting
Last Updated
last year

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
May 6, 2022
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
last year
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
Director of Division of Cognitive Clinical Sciences at RWTH University Clinic

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • General: Age from 18 years; German as first language; Right\-handedness (using the Edinburgh Handedness Inventory).
  • For patients: Broca's aphasia with agrammatic speech production and the ability to use at least two\-word utterances (aphasia and its severity are classified using the Aachen Aphasia Test (AAT); Etiology: stroke.

Exclusion Criteria

  • For healthy subjects only: confounding neurological disease (e.g., history of traumatic brain injury), dementia, or cognitive impairment the degree of which interferes with participation in the study.
  • For patients: other neurological diseases and disorders (e.g. neurocognitive disorder due to dementia).
  • General: Other basic physical illnesses that interfere with the examination due to their type and severity or have an impact on the parameters to be examined; Mental or behavioral disorder that may interfere with the investigation or acute suicidality; Drug, alcohol, or painkiller abuse; Pregnancy; Presence of electromagnetically influenced or metal\-containing medical devices in or in constant connection with the body (e.g. pacemakers, drug pumps, cochlear implants); Presence of metal parts in the body (e.g. screws after a bone fracture, metal splinters, metal prostheses, non\-MR compatible vessel clips); a known seizure disorder (epilepsy); Heart and/or brain surgery; Hypersensitivity to TMS for Experiment 3 (will be ruled out during recruitment)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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