Brain scan study probes hippocampus role in memory and seeing
NCT ID NCT04562974
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This completed study used MRI scans to watch brain activity in 60 healthy young adults while they performed memory and perception tasks. Researchers focused on the hippocampus, a brain area traditionally linked to memory, to test whether it also handles non-memory tasks like recognizing shapes. The goal was to better understand how the brain organizes different types of information, not to test any treatment.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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60 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Sep 2021
- Finished
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Mar 2022
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 to 35 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Affiliation to French Healthcare system * No contraindication to MRI examination * Age between 18 and 35 years-old * Visual acuity permitting normal perception of stimuli or corrected sight Exclusion Criteria: * Existence of a pathology incompatible with the protocol : Heart, respiratory, haematological, caner, neurological disorder... * Brain-modulating medical treatment * Alcohol intake before examination * Uncorrected visual disorder * Cognitive deficit (criterion MMSE \< 27) * People protected by articles L1121-5 to L1121-8 of the CSP (pregnant women, under-18 subjects, people under judiciary or administrative surveillance)
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Chu Grenoble Alpes
Grenoble, 38043, France