Status:
COMPLETED
Memory Consolidation in Pharmacologically Enhanced Naps
Lead Sponsor:
University of California, San Diego
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Conditions:
Sleep
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-39 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This study will examine whether various drugs affecting sleep cycles can improve different kinds of memory.
Detailed Description
Research provides evidence for strong, specific connections between sleeping and memory. This research shows that sleeping is necessary for certain types of memories to form, certain sleep stages lead...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Speaks English
- Resides in the general San Diego community
- Completed at least 12 years of formal education, because education may affect performance on the cognitive task
Exclusion
- No regular sleep-wake schedule, defined as not meeting study criteria or scoring between 31 and 69 on the Horne-Ostberg Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire
- Presence of a sleep disorder reported or detected on the questionnaires
- Personal or immediate family (i.e., first degree relative) history of diagnosed significant psychopathology
- Personal history of head injury with loss of consciousness for more than 15 minutes or with seizures
- History of substance dependence
- Current use of any psychotropic medications
- Any cardiac, respiratory, or other medical condition that may affect cerebral metabolism
- Noncorrectable vision and audition impairments
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2008
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
June 1 2011
Estimated Enrollment :
30 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00777829
Start Date
September 1 2008
End Date
June 1 2011
Last Update
July 28 2021
Active Locations (1)
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UCSD General Clinical Research Center Laboratory for Sleep and Chronobiology (GCRC-LSC)
La Jolla, California, United States, 92093