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This study is being conducted to see how people with Postural tachycardia syndrome (POTS) make sense of the things they see. The information may help doctors to learn more about how the different parts of people's brains communicate.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Adolescents with POTS | Other |
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| Adolescents without POTS | Other |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Looming task | Behavioral | Participants will be asked to look at some pictures during an fMRI scan. Participants will press a button as soon as they see the image appear. |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Periaqueductal gray region activation - looming task | Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) will be performed to measure activation of the periaqueductal gray region during the looming task | 90 minutes |
| Periaqueductal gray region activation - resting | Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) will be performed to measure activation of the periaqueductal gray region while at rest | 90 minutes |
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Gisela Chelimsky, M.D. | Contact | (804) 628-0145 | gisela.chelimsky@vcuhealth.org | |
| Madison Maxwell, B.S. | Contact | madison.maxwell@vcuhealth.org |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Gisela Chelimsky, M.D. | Virginia Commonwealth University | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Virginia Commonwealth University | Recruiting | Richmond | Virginia | 23298 | United States |
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| ID | Term |
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| D054972 | Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome |
| ID | Term |
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| D054971 | Orthostatic Intolerance |
| D054969 | Primary Dysautonomias |
| D001342 | Autonomic Nervous System Diseases |
| D009422 | Nervous System Diseases |
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