Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography of the Normal Human Brain

Amen Clinics, Inc.

Status: Completed

Conditions: Normal Human Subjects

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT01203891

20021714

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of the study is to acquire a database of Single Photon Emission Computed Tomographic (SPECT) studies of the brains of normal human subjects in resting and concentrating states. The database will provide a basis for subsequent investigation of meaningful brain differences between clinical and normal subject groups

Full description

See brief summary.

Enrollment: 97 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 10 to 90 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

The study seeks to recruit 100 normal human subjects between ages 10 and 90 for SPECT brain imaging. Subjects will initially be screened for psychiatric and other major illnesses with a screening questionnaire; they will also be given a standard DSM-4 computer-administered questionnaire (The DISC for children and teens and the SCID for adults). They will also meet individually with a psychiatrist or psychological assistant for a screening interview.

Exclusion criteria

1. Suicidal thinking or behavior
2. Any psychiatric diagnosis assignable under contemporary DSM nosology
3. Unstable medical condition
4. epilepsy, serious head injury, or other significant neurological disorder or use of central nervous system medication.
5. Dementia, mental retardation, or coma
6. Substance abuse or alcoholism
7. Unreliability or inability to adhere to the requirements of the study
8. Inability to personally tolerate the requirements of the study
9. Significant exposure to occupational, diagnostic, or therapeutic radiation within the prior year
10. Pregnancy or breast-feeding
11. A first-degree relative meeting any of criteria 1 through 6.

Trial design

97 participants in 1 patient group

Healthy brain subjects

Description:

The study seeks to recruit 100 normal, healthy brain subjects between ages 10 and 90 for SPECT brain imaging.