Featured Studies

Are you interested in being part of a study that explores the patterns of brain activity that exist during sleep? Researchers at the National Institutes of Health seek healthy adult volunteers for a research study using MRI to study brain activity in adults while they sleep.

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health seek healthy volunteers to participate in a research study. The purpose of this study is to better understand how pain and emotions are processed in the human brain and influenced by psychological factors. This is an outpatient study that may involve moderate but tolerable pain. Researchers are studying how thoughts, feelings, and learning influence pain and perception.

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health seek healthy volunteers to participate in a research study. The purpose of this study is to test newly developed functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) scanning sequences that can be used in future protocols.

Doctors at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) seek healthy volunteers 21 - 65 years of age to participate in a study researching if alcohol dependence and early life stress affect the ability to learn to feel calm. All study-related tests and procedures are provided at no cost to the study participant. Compensation may be provided.

The National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland is conducting a study for vasculitis. Researchers are inviting both volunteers who have the condition, and those who do not, to participate in this study. All study-related tests and procedures are provided at no cost to you.

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center seek healthy women to participate in a research study. Doctors want to learn how the body burns energy at different temperatures. Compensation is provided.

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center seek adults with or without gum disease (periodontal disease) to join a research study. Doctors want to learn how a person's immune system affects the health of the mouth. Compensation will be offered.