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Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) has been found to be involved in cognitive functions such as executive function, response selection, and working memory. By applying transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) or transcranial focused ultrasound (FUS), which is a technology to temporally alter brain state in the stimulation site, the investigators aim to find supporting evidence for the causal relationship between the targeted stimulation site and motor learning improvement or response selection.
The purpose of this study is to test the functions of dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in human motor learning. Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) has been found to be involved in cognitive functions such as executive function, response selection, and working memory. Recent Findings hint potential involvement of dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in motor learning. Rare studies provided supporting evidence on its involvement and functions. This study aims to examine the functional roles of dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in human motor learning. By applying transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) or transcranial focused ultrasound (FUS), which is a technology to temporally alter brain state in the stimulation site, the investigators aim to find supporting evidence for the causal relationship between the targeted stimulation site and motor learning improvement or response selection.
Young healthy adults will be recruited and randomly assigned to one of four experimental groups. If randomized into one of the TMS groups, participants will learn to adapt to two visual rotations (20 and 60 degrees) when reaching for a virtual target, subjects will receive repetitive TMS (rTMS) stimulation over the targeted location, left DLPFC, or right DLPFC depending on the study group. How rTMS stimulation influencing the acquisition and retention of motor memory will be assessed based on group comparison of behavioral measures such as reaching accuracy. If randomized into the FUS group, participants will complete a flanker task to focuses on the assessment of response selection and inhibitory control.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| TMS to left DLPFC | Experimental | Theta Burst Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation will be delivered at 80% of the participants motor threshold to the left DLPFC and complete a visuomotor rotation task. |
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| TMS to right DLPFC | Experimental | Theta Burst Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation will be delivered at 80% of the participants motor threshold to the right DLPFC and complete a visuomotor rotation task. |
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| TMS Control | Sham Comparator | A Sham Theta Burst Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation will be delivered to the right/left DLPFC and complete a visuomotor rotation task. |
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| FUS to right/left DLPFC | Experimental | Low intensity Focused Ultrasound stimulation will be delivered to either the left or right DLPFC depending on the subject's DLPFC response during their functional MRI flanker task. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Theta Burst Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation | Other | Theta Bursts are short bursts of stimulation at high frequencies, which are applied 5 times per second |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Performance Error on Visuomotor Task | The visuomotor task has practice, baseline, and experimental trials. Performance on the task will be compared between groups. | immediately following baseline assessment |
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Sarah Adams | Contact | 434-243-4319 | sa4fa@virginia.edu |
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| Wynn Legon, PhD | University of Virginia | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| University of Virginia | Recruiting | Charlottesville | Virginia | 22903 | United States |
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| ID | Term |
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| C005703 | salicylhydroxamic acid |
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Participants receiving ultrasound stimulation will be blinded to the type of ultrasound stimulation they are receiving.
| Focused Ultrasound | Other | Low intensity focused ultrasound is sound energy stimulation at a low intensity of 1-30 W/cm2 |
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| Sham | Other | The investigators will simulate theta bursts pulses similar to the Theta Burst Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation groups but without stimulation. |
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