Cerebral control of emotional actions in conversion paralysis

Cerebral control of emotional actions in conversion paralysis - Imaging emotional actions in conversion paralysis

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON32821

Enrollment

Registered

2010-01-18

Start date

2010-03-26

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-05-06

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Conditions

conversion disorder conversion paralysis

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Age

18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Age: 19-55 year. Normal or corrected to normal vision. Additional for the patients: negative motor symptoms (paralysis, paresis or coordination problems) to the limbs but not to the dominant upper limb (needed for operating the joystick). Additional for the controls: matched for age, gender and education level with the patients.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: metal objects in the body, claustrophobia. Additional for the patients: Somatic illnesses (other than psychosomatic complaints of CP), repetitive psychotic episodes, use of anti-psychotic medication, substance abuse.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1) Behavioural measures, such as reaction times on the approach-avoidance task (AA-task). 2) Structural MRI and fMRI data obtained during the AA-task in the MRI scanner.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
The influence of cortisol and testosterone levels present in saliva, on the behavioral and MRI results.	—

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results