An investigation of the effect of trigeminal nerve stimulation on brain activity through the modulation of slow cortical potentials

An investigation of the effect of trigeminal nerve stimulation on brain activity through the modulation of slow cortical potentials - An investigation of the effect of trigeminal nerve stimulation on brain activity through the modulation of slow cortical potentials

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000016487

Enrollment

Registered

2015-02-09

Start date

2015-02-10

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

epilepsy, brain tumor

Interventions

Trigeminal nerve stimulation and recording of the slow cortical potentials under subdural electrodes implantation

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Medically intractable parietal lobe epilepsy patients undergoing chronic subdural and/or depth electrode implantation for possible epilepsy or lesion surgeries

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patients who disagree with this research

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The rate of epileptiform discharges at the seizure onset zone	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Coherence values of slow cortical potentials between scalp electrodes and subdural electrodes at seizure onset zone	—

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactTomoyuki Fumuro

International University of Health and Welfare School of Health Sciences at Fukuoka

tfumuro@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp0944-89-2034

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026