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Clinical Trials/NL-OMON33914
NL-OMON33914
Completed
Not Applicable

Genetic and environmental influences on the brain, the immunesystem and gene expression in bipolar twin pairs - a cross-sectional and longitudinal study - Brain, immune system, gene expression in BP twins

niversitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht0 sites420 target enrollmentTBD

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
manic depressive disorder
Sponsor
niversitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht
Enrollment
420
Status
Completed
Last Updated
last year

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
TBD
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
last year
Study Type
Observational invasive

Investigators

Sponsor
niversitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Study A\+B (longitudinal):
  • participation at baseline;Study A\+B\+C\+D (cross\-sectional)
  • New bipolar twin pairs
  • 1\) Part of a monozygotic or dizygotic twin pair
  • 2\) At least one twin has a diagnoses (life time) of Bipolar Disorder I or Bipolar Disorder II (DSM\-IV criteria)
  • 3\) No history of drug or alcohol dependency (DSM\-IV criteria) for the last half year
  • 4\) No history of Cognitive Disorder (DSM\-IV criteria)
  • 5\) No history of serious neurological illness
  • 6\) No severe medical illness
  • 7\) Age between 18 and 60 years;New healthy control twin pairs

Exclusion Criteria

  • Did not give written informed consent
  • 2\) Ferrous objects in or around the body (e.g. braces, glasses, pacemaker, metal fragments)
  • 3\) Drug or alcohol abuse over a period of six months prior to the experiment
  • 4\) History of closed\-head injury
  • 5\) History of neurological illness or endocrinological dysfunction
  • 6\) Claustrophobia

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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