Status:
COMPLETED
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) Study of Memory in Children
Lead Sponsor:
Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Conditions:
Childhood Absence Epilepsy [Pyknolepsy]
Eligibility:
All Genders
6-18 years
Brief Summary
Memory is a cognitive function whose development is still poorly documented in children, but which is often disturbed in temporal epilepsy. There are no studies about the disorders of episodic memory....
Detailed Description
Twenty children aged from 6 to 18 years with temporal and/or frontal epilepsy and 20 normal children in the same age range will undergo the following examinations in a unique day in the Unit Hospital ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Parents or legal tutors of the children having given written consent to participate to the study, after having being fully informed.
- Patients presenting with a temporal and/or frontal epilepsy and being able to perform the tasks of the protocol.
- Controls being recruited among brothers, sisters, and friends of the patients and being right-handlers, without any neurological history or learning disorders.
Exclusion
- Any contra-indication to MRI or being claustrophobia or blind.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2005
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
February 1 2009
Estimated Enrollment :
52 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00242905
Start Date
October 1 2005
End Date
February 1 2009
Last Update
May 2 2011
Active Locations (2)
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1
Service Hospitalier Frédéric Joliot (SHFJ)
Orsay, France, 91400
2
Necker Hospital
Paris, France, 75015