Quantitation of Glymphatic Functioning in Sleep and Meditative States

Description

This involves development and application of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) methods for visualizing hemodynamic and metabolic relationships in healthy volunteers with advanced meditation experience.

Conditions

Parkinson Disease, Sleep

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Study overview

This involves development and application of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) methods for visualizing hemodynamic and metabolic relationships in healthy volunteers with advanced meditation experience.

Quantitation of Glymphatic Functioning in Sleep and Meditative States

Quantitation of Glymphatic Functioning in Sleep and Meditative States

Condition
Parkinson Disease
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Nashville

Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37212-3160

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

  • * Ages 14-45
  • * "Adept meditator status"
  • * Any non-MR compatible material implant, or contraindication to MR scanning
  • * Claustrophobia or inability to lie still for prolonged periods of time
  • * Participants with a recent (less than 2 months) infection, tattoo, or wound
  • * No consumption of stimulants or alcohol within 12 hours of the study visit
  • * clinical diagnosis of any major neurological or psychological condition
  • * Taking benzodiazepines, cholinestorase inhibitors, anti-psychotics, opioids, MAO inhibitors

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to 45 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

Vanderbilt University Medical Center,

Daniel Claassen, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Study Record Dates

2027-07