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Movement Diagnostic System: Quantitative diagnosis of patients with Parkinson's Disease, essential tremor and dystonia, a closed-loop approach with fMRI.

Conditions
movement disordersdiagnosis closed-loop approachfMRI
Registration Number
NL-OMON28203
Lead Sponsor
Academic Medical Center University of AmsterdamPO-box: 226601100 DD AmsterdamTel: +31 (0)20.5669111
Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Pending
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
100
Inclusion Criteria

1. 18 years or older;

2. Right-handed according to the Edinburgh Handedness Inventory;

Exclusion Criteria

1. MR-incompatible implanted metal bodies, including stereotactic implant for Deep Brain Stimulation and pacemakers;

2. Other contraindications for MR (Claustrophobia, obesity, etc.);

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational non invasive
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Differentiation between ET, PD-T and DYS based on brain activations specifically related to involuntary movements. With external measures and perturbation of the closed sensorimotor loop during fMRI we expect to find involvement of the olivocerbellar networks in ET, the striatum in PD-T and a widespread involvement of basal ganglia, thalamus, and cerebral cortex in dystonia.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Observation and identification of the brain regions involved in (the early stages) of movement disorders with overlapping symptoms will contribute to the knowledge on the occurrences and causes of these diseases on a more fundamental level.
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