Normal healthy control
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) Japanese male/female volunteers who are healthy 2) Ages between 50- 90 (as of the consent acquisition date) 3) Individuals judged to be able to undergo necessary examinations on the designated dates after receiving their consent 4) Individuals with the total score of UPDRS part III held within 3 months before and after the consent acquisition date being 0 for the subjects 60 years or younger,or less than 5 for the subjects 61 years or older 5) Individuals whose cranial MRI taken within 3 months before and after the consent acquisition date was normal. Brain atrophy appropriate for age or small lacunar infarction is acceptable. 6) Individuals who can submit a written letter of consent to join this study
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) Individuals who are pregnant, possibly pregnant, or lactating 2) Individuals with past history of alcoholism, or alcoholics currently under treatment 3) Individuals with past history of epilepsy, or epileptics currently under treatment 4) Individuals with less than 6-year education 5) Individuals who are prescribed with antidepressant or psychotropics, or sedatives including anti-anxiety agents for a long time 6) Individuals with past history of mental or neurological illnesses which affect cognitive functions 7) Individuals with serious complications such as hepatopathy, nephropathy, or endocrinopathy 8) Individuals taking the below mentioned drugs that are considered to affect on accumulation of 123I FP-CIT in the brain within a month after administering the same: cocaine hydrochloride, mazindol, methylphenidate hydrochloride, sertraline hydrochloride, and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor 9) Individuals judged inappropriate for accomplishing our objective by the principal investigator, researchers in charge, or cooperative researchers
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To establish normal extent (50-79 years of age) on specific binding ratio (SBR) and asymmetry index (AI) | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Graduate School of Medicine, Juntendo University Department of Neurology