None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
Background: Electromagnetic brain stimulation techniques have been used to map brain areas, to treat psychiatric disorders such as depression and rehabilitation. Often to see the changes of activation or inhibition of brain areas or to assess any change in synaptic plasticity induced by these stimuli, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is used. Methods This double blind randomized pilot study, is the first study to examine with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) the effects on brain activity of voluntary healthy subjects, following a single, very low power 250 ms transcutaneous radio electric asymmetric conveyer (REAC) pulse. The primary target of this study was to assess if the REAC pulse, well below the temporal resolution of fMRI, might show some effect on the brain and particularly on cerebellum activity.
Interventions
Study to examine with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) the effects on brain activity of voluntary healthy subjects, following a single, very low power 250 ms transcutaneous radio electric asymmetric conveyer pulse applied via electrode placed on the ear pavillion for 500 ms.
Sponsors
Istituto di Radiologia, Universita degli Studi di Cagliari
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Blinded (masking used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 55 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
healthy subjects
Exclusion criteria
no healthy people
Outcome results
None listed