Hemisphere-specific activations of the ventral and dorsal premotor cortex during writing.

Hemisphere-specific activations of the ventral and dorsal premotor cortex during writing. - Premotor cortex activation during writing.

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON36851

Enrollment

Registered

2012-11-16

Start date

2012-12-07

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-04-29

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Conditions

Gezonde populatie Healthy population

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Age

18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Healthy right-handed persons aged 18-65 years.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Subjects who suffer from specific neurological or psychiatric disorders will be excluded. Subject who cannot go in the MRI scanner are also excluded. Also, subjects who are right-handed, but draw with their left hand are excluded.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Localization of condition-related increase of cerebral activations in the ventral and dorsal premotor cortex. This is caused by the detection of differences in (hemodynamic) BOLD responses, based on a comparison in subjects (left-right) and between the different experimental conditions.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Size of handwriting in millimeters will be measured. With EMG proximal and distal movements will be quantified during writing and drawing. The amount of white matter connections between Broca's area and the ventral premotor cortex will be quantified using probabilistic tractography in FSL.	—

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results