Patient-Centered NeuroRehabilitation (PCN)

Description

As individuals grow older, a number of factors can reduce our cognitive (or thinking) abilities such as "normal" aging, neurodegenerative diseases, and cardiovascular disease. This study will evaluate whether cognitive rehabilitation and transcranial electrical stimulation (TES) can improve cognitive abilities. Cognitive rehabilitation refers to methods that are used to improve tasks people have trouble doing in everyday life. Transcranial electrical stimulation uses small amounts of electricity to try to alter brain functioning. These approaches may help improve cognitive abilities like attention, learning, memory, finding words, and problem solving as well as everyday functioning. The goal of this study is to identify how to best use these methods, either alone or in combination.

Conditions

Cognitive Deficit

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Study Details

Study overview

As individuals grow older, a number of factors can reduce our cognitive (or thinking) abilities such as "normal" aging, neurodegenerative diseases, and cardiovascular disease. This study will evaluate whether cognitive rehabilitation and transcranial electrical stimulation (TES) can improve cognitive abilities. Cognitive rehabilitation refers to methods that are used to improve tasks people have trouble doing in everyday life. Transcranial electrical stimulation uses small amounts of electricity to try to alter brain functioning. These approaches may help improve cognitive abilities like attention, learning, memory, finding words, and problem solving as well as everyday functioning. The goal of this study is to identify how to best use these methods, either alone or in combination.

Patient-Centered NeuroRehabilitation

Patient-Centered NeuroRehabilitation (PCN)

Condition
Cognitive Deficit
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Ann Arbor

University of Michigan - Department of Psychiatry, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48109

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • 1. Individuals who have reported cognitive dysfunction and cognitively intact participants.
  • 2. Participants will be age 50 or older
  • 1. A history of epilepsy
  • 2. Sensory or motor impairments that limit the ability to take part in the study
  • 3. Current alcohol or drug abuse/dependence
  • 4. Those who are currently pregnant or may become pregnant during the duration of the study (if there is a question of pregnancy, pregnancy tests will be available for participants at no charge)

Ages Eligible for Study

50 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

University of Michigan,

Benjamin M Hampstead, Ph.D., PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Michigan

Study Record Dates

2026-04