NCT06608680

Timing and Facilitation Effects of Theta-Burst Stimulation in the Reading and Language Networks

Timing and Facilitation Effects of Theta-Burst Stimulation in the Reading and Language Systems

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Georgia State University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 30 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to understand how transcranial magnetic stimulation affects how quickly, easily, and accurately a person read. Transcranial magnetic stimulation is a technique that uses magnetic fields to briefly affect how well certain brain regions function. The investigators would like to better understand how long the effects of transcranial magnetic stimulation occur in the reading system and at what point the effect is strongest in this system. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. At what point after stimulation are the greatest effects on behavior seen 2. How excitatory and inhibitory stimulation affect behavior Researchers will compare stimulation types against a sham condition to see effects on reading and language behavior. Participants will be asked to * undergo reading, language, and cognitive testing * receive an MRI * receive TMS stimulation * perform language, reading, and motor tasks

Conditions

• Reading
• Language
• Control Subjects

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	iTBS	Excitatory stimulation of supramarginal gyrus
BEHAVIORAL	cTBS	Inhibitory stimulation to supramarginal gyrus
BEHAVIORAL	Sham Stimulation	Sham stimulation of supramarginal gyrus

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-05-01
• Primary completion: 2027-12-31
• Completion: 2028-12-31
• First posted: 2024-09-23
• Last updated: 2024-09-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States