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Brain Imaging of Childhood Onset Psychiatric Disorders, Endocrine Disorders and Healthy Children
This study is currently recruiting participants.
Study NCT00001246   Information provided by National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
First Received: November 3, 1999   Last Updated: December 10, 2008   History of Changes

November 3, 1999
December 10, 2008
January 1989
 
 
Safety and efficacy.
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Brain Imaging of Childhood Onset Psychiatric Disorders, Endocrine Disorders and Healthy Children
Brain Imaging of Childhood Onset Psychiatric Disorders, Endocrine Disorders and Healthy Controls

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) unlike X-rays and CT-scans does not use radiation to create a picture. MRI use as the name implies, magnetism to create pictures with excellent anatomical resolution. Functional MRIs are diagnostic tests that allow doctors to not only view anatomy, but physiology and function. It is for these reasons that MRIs are excellent methods for studying the brain.

In this study, researchers will use MRIs to assess brain anatomy and function in normal volunteers and patients with a variety of childhood onset psychiatric disorders. The disorders include attention deficit disorder, autism, congenital adrenal hyperplasia, childhood-onset schizophrenia, dyslexia, multidimensional impairment syndrome, obsessive compulsive disorder, Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infection (PANDAS), stuttering, Sydenham's chorea, and Tourette's syndrome.

Results of the MRIs showing the anatomy of the brain and brain function will be compared across age, sex (gender), and diagnostic groups. Correlations between brain and behavioral measures will be examined for normal and clinical populations.

Driven by the hypotheses that many of the most severe neuropsychiatric disorders of childhood onset are associated with deviations from the path of normal brain development, the neuroanatomical substrates of which can be detected by magnetic resonance imaging, we are acquiring brain images in healthy and neuropsychiatrically impaired subjects. To explore gene, brain, behavior relationships in health and illness we are also acquiring DNA along with clinical, behavioral, and cognitive data in singleton and twin populations. Controls and clinical populations are screened and characterized in behavioral, cognitive, and physical domains. Longitudinal brain MRI scans are acquired and analyzed using state-of-the-art image analysis techniques. Data from the project has resulted in seminal papers on Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Childhood-Onset Schizophrenia, and normal pediatric brain development. The data from the normative project is unique in its longitudinal nature and sample size.

 
Observational
 
  • Autoimmune Disease
  • Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
  • Healthy
  • Mental Disorder Diagnosed in Childhood
  • Neurologic Manifestations
 
 

*   Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by National Clinical Trials Identifier (NCT ID) in Medline.
 
Recruiting
6000
 
 
  • INCLUSION CRITERIA:

Clinical populations are included based on DSM-IV criteria.

Inclusion Requirements - Normal Volunteers

Healthy subjects consenting to participation in the study.

EXCLUSION CRITERIA:

Exclusions - Normal Volunteers

Presence of any psychiatric disorders on structured psychiatric interview (DICA-IV).

Current or past use of psychiatric medication.

Special service needs in school.

Presence of known genetic conditions.

If under the age of 18, parent and teacher ratings greater than one SD of population means on ADHD/hyperactivity factors.

Presence or history of medical conditions known to affect cerebral anatomy.

Head injury with loss of consciousness.

Braces.

Metal implants or other contraindications for MRI scanning.

Presence of metal objects, pregnancy, or inability to provide a specimen to rule out pregnancy in females over age 12.

Both
 
Yes
Contact: Patient Recruitment and Public Liaison Office (800) 411-1222 prpl@mail.cc.nih.gov
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United States
 
NCT00001246
 
890006, 89-M-0006
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
 
 
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
December 2008

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