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Imaging of Cognition, Learning, and Memory in Aging

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT01297114

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Brief summary

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This investigation is designed to study how the brain functions when it is performing explicit memory tasks, and furthermore how the brain systems supporting performance on these tests change as a function of aging. Implicit memory tasks may be distinguished from explicit memory tests in that explicit memory characterizes the directed or intentional recollection of previously learned information or events. In contrast, implicit (or nonconscious) memory is expressed in the facilitation of performance on some task or judgment on a stimulus owing to a prior presentation of that stimulus, without any necessary conscious awareness of the prior presentation. The investigators propose to use functional Magnetic resonance Imaging (fMRI) to measure brain activity during the performance of carefully designed explicit memory tasks. Comparison of brain activity during the different test conditions will provide information about the brain areas that are involved in mediating specific aspects of performance. Both older and younger individuals will be tested in order to understand age related changes in the brain activity. In order to examine the interactions between participants' differential levels of amyloid burden and their performance on cognitive tasks and fMRI neural activation, the investigators also propose PET imaging of older participants.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT01297114
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Observational
Phase
Not listed
Lead sponsor
Yaakov Stern
Other
Enrollment
294 participants

Conditions and interventions

Interventions

Drug

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
20 Years to 70 Years
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Accepts healthy volunteers

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Study timeline

Start date
Feb 28, 2011
Primary completion
Sep 30, 2017
Completion
Sep 30, 2017
Last update posted
Oct 31, 2017

2011 – 2017

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Columbia University Medical Center New York New York 10032

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