The modulation of sleep by transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS)

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Healthy Volunteers; F51.0; Nonorganic insomnia

• Registration Number: DRKS00004299
• Lead Sponsor: niversitätsklinik für Psychiatrie und PsychosomatikAbteilung für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2012-12-21
• Study Completion: 2019-01-06
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 41

Inclusion Criteria

All subjects should be right-handed and able to provide informed consent.
Patients should suffer from primary insomnia.

Exclusion Criteria

-relevant somatic and mental disorders
-sleep disorders (controls)
-medication
-drug or substance use or abuse
-unregular sleep schedule
-inclusion in different study in the past 30 days

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
sleep latency and micrarousal scored using polysomnography two hours after the stimulation and during the night

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Changes in sleep architecture during the night, detected using polysomnography