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UnknownNCT01780896

Relationship Between Vestibular Function and Topographic Memory

The Relationship Between Vestibular Function and Topographic Memory

Status
Unknown
Phase
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
50 (estimated)
Sponsor
Biomedical Development Corporation · Industry
Sex
All
Age
70 Years – 85 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate visual and nonvisual topographic memory impairment and its relationship to vestibular function in humans. Topographic memory refers to the ability to remember current and past locations in topographic (navigational) space and to make and/or adjust to spatial transformations using such memories. Performance on each of these topographic memory tasks will be compared to performance on a set of comparable nontopographic memory tasks. Topographic impairments represent some of the earliest cognitive deficits observed in Alzheimer's Disease, and the brain areas involved in topographic memory are the first to show degenerative changes.

Conditions

Timeline

Start date
2013-02-01
Primary completion
2013-04-01
Completion
2013-06-01
First posted
2013-01-31
Last updated
2013-02-01

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: United States

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01780896. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.