Motor cortex changes when learning a brand-new movement

Is this trial a fit for you?

A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.

What this trial studies

The trial enrolls healthy, right-handed adults who perform a de novo motor learning task across three practice sessions separated by different time intervals. Corticospinal excitability and intracortical reorganization in primary motor cortex (M1) will be measured with transcranial magnetic stimulation before and after practice to quantify physiological change. Behavioral learning (performance improvements) will also be recorded across sessions to relate skill acquisition to neurophysiological changes. Comparisons will examine whether excitability increases and connectivity reorganizes consistently across sessions and intervals.

Why it matters

Who can join: the full rules

Inclusion Criteria:

* right-handed
* healthy
* having signed an informed consent form

Exclusion Criteria:

* counter-indication to transcranial magnetic stimulation
* pregnancy

Where it's running

• Eurasport
  Loos, France Recruiting

Study contacts

• Study coordinator: Pierre D Morel, Dr
• Email: pierre.morel@univ-littoral.fr
• Phone: 0033781692692

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How to take part

1. Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
2. Check the official listing on ClinicalTrials.gov for the latest contact details and recruitment status.
3. Contact the study coordinator or principal investigator to ask for pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.