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RecruitingNCT05989893

Mapping of Human Cognition

Status
Recruiting
Phase
N/A
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
75 (estimated)
Sponsor
The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
18 Years – 75 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare organization of normal brain function as detected using Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in normal subjects as opposed to patients with epilepsy or brain tumors, to ascribe precise anatomic labels (including Brodmann Areas) and functional significance to each region involved in cognitive processes as detected by cortical stimulation mapping (CSM) in patients with implanted subdural electrodes (SDE) or depth (sEEG) electrodes, to describe the locations of these regions in Talairach space, for a population of patients without overt structural abnormalities in these regions, to generate a spatial probability map of locations of cortical regions "essential" for these processes, to compare the loci of "crucial" language, visual, motor and cognitive sites as determined by CSM with the loci determined by a battery of tasks using fMRI for each individual and to use these data in patients undergoing intracranial electro-corticographyto determine the loci of essential, involved and uninvolved brain areas, and use sophisticated mathematical analyses of these intracranial recordings to study information flow between these areas.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
BEHAVIORALLanguage-based tasksIn either the MRI suite, or the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit, or the operating room, epilepsy and tumor subjects are asked to perform a variety of language-based tasks as neural recordings are made from and/or neural stimulations are delivered to various language areas of the brain.

Timeline

Start date
2022-08-01
Primary completion
2027-07-31
Completion
2027-07-31
First posted
2023-08-14
Last updated
2025-08-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT05989893. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.