Magnetic Resonance Imaging for the Study of Patients With Neurological Disorders

Launched by NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE (NINDS) · Nov 3, 1999

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ClinConnect Summary

We wish to use MRI technology to study brain structure (Part 1) and function (Part 2) in several neurological disorders and in normal controls. In Part 1 of this protocol, we describe our interest in using detailed MRI brain structure analysis to identify predicted specific neural structure atrophy in patients with selective amnesia and dementia and to attempt to associate the magnitude of atrophy in these neural structures with performance on selected memory tests. In Part 2 of this protocol, we outline our interest in utilizing newly developed MRI techniques to identify selective changes ...

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Eligibility criteria

• INCLUSION CRITERIA:
• • Subjects between the ages of 18 and 80.
• EXCLUSION CRITERIA:
• • Patient must be able to give informed consent.
• • Patients with ferromagnetic objects in their bodies which might be adversely affected by MRI (surgical clips or metal fragments in or near brain, eye or blood vessels, cardiac or neurological pacemaker, cochlear impairments) will be excluded.
• • Pregnant or lactating women will be excluded. A pregnancy test will be administered to women of childbearing age.