Are You Healthy and Interested in Learning About Brain Biomechanics?
Researchers at the NIH are developing and applying imaging techniques to perform the first three-dimensional (3-D) measurements of brain motion during mild head movement in healthy volnteers. This technique will help researchers understand differences in the movement of the brain accros time, sex, and ages. It will also help to identify the areas of the brain most susceptible to damage during accelerated head movement such as in traumatic brain injury.
About the Study:
- Participants will be placed in a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner with one or two head support units that allow a specific range of motion
- Participants will be asked to turn, flex, and extend their head multiple times at their own pace while in the MRI scan
You are able to participate if you are:
- Between the ages of 18-65 years old
- Able to lie flat on your back for up to 2 hours
- Able to rotate head in multiple positions within 45 minutes without discomfort
- Able to travel to the NIH at your own expense or live within a 45 mile radius of the NIH
The NIH Clinical Center, America's Research Hospital located in Bethesda, MD.
Metro red line (Medical Center stop).
To learn more, call:
NIH Clinical Center Office of Patient Recruitment
800-411-1222
(TTY users dial 7-1-1)
Email: ccopr@nih.gov
Or go online:
https://go.usa.gov/xMGxa
Refer to study # 12-CC-0139
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)