Altered Vestibular Perception and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

NCT ID: NCT02184130

Last Updated: 2018-07-02

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: TERMINATED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 7 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2011-10-31
• Study Completion Date: 2017-09-30

Brief Summary

The long-term goal of this research is to advance our knowledge of how information from the labyrinth is brought to perception and how adaptation to vestibular imbalance influences motion sensation. Patients with vestibular disorders frequently have disabling disturbances of perception. Related to these symptoms is that large areas of the cerebral hemispheres and the cerebellum receive information from the vestibular, visual and somatosensory systems that is integrated within a vestibular cortical network into an accurate perception of spatial orientation. Interrupting the pathways that process information about the direction of gravity and angular velocity leads to impairment of the internal estimate of gravity and the perception of body motion. The strategy of this research is to use repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) to produce transient focal lesions that allow study of acute loss of function within the central vestibular pathways at the very beginning of adaptation. Our underlying hypothesis is that the immediate effects of a lesion in the cerebellum will be to affect ocular motor control of vestibular reflexes and perception alike but with a cortical lesion there will be dissociation between ocular motor control and perception. This research helps to understand the mechanisms involved in the perception of vestibular information and the cerebellar influence on processing vestibular input and offers a unique opportunity to make major inroads into the understanding and eventually treatment of the often incapacitating symptoms of patients with vestibular disease

Conditions

Verticality Perception; Self-motion Perception

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: BASIC_SCIENCE
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

TMS

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

transcranial magnetic stimulation and motion stimuli

Intervention Type: OTHER

Interventions

transcranial magnetic stimulation and motion stimuli

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

1. ages 18-70

2. informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

1. disturbed consciousness

2. other neurological or systemic disorder which can cause dementia or cognitive dysfunction

3. prior history of a major psychiatric disorder

4. history of definite stroke

5. focal lesion on MRI exam

6. use of anxiolytic, antidepressant, neuroleptic or sedative medication

7. has MRI contraindication such as pacemaker, implanted pumps, shrapnel, etc. (full MRI screening form will be filled out).

8. History of seizure or a family history of epilepsy;

9. increased intracranial pressure, such as after infarctions or trauma

10. pregnancy or possibility of being pregnant unless precluded by a negative pregnancy test

11. history of any significant head trauma.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 70 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

University of Zurich

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Dominik Straumann, Prof MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University Hospital Zurich, Division of Neurology

Locations

University Hospital Zurich, Division of Neurology

Zurich, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland

Countries

Switzerland

Other Identifiers

tms_percept_zurich

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id