Neuromodulation and Language Acquisition (Project Stage Ia)

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether levodopa, pergolid, rivastigmine, or modafinil are effective in boosting semantic language acquisition in healthy subjects.

Timeline

Start

2004-03

Primary completion

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Completion

2005-04

Publications

• Background Knecht S, Breitenstein C, Bushuven S, Wailke S, Kamping S, Floel A, Zwitserlood P, Ringelstein EB. Levodopa: faster and better word learning in normal humans. Ann Neurol. 2004 Jul;56(1):20-6. doi: 10.1002/ana.20125.
• Background Breitenstein C, Wailke S, Bushuven S, Kamping S, Zwitserlood P, Ringelstein EB, Knecht S. D-amphetamine boosts language learning independent of its cardiovascular and motor arousing effects. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2004 Sep;29(9):1704-14. doi: 10.1038/sj.npp.1300464.
• Background Breitenstein C, Floel A, Korsukewitz C, Wailke S, Bushuven S, Knecht S. A shift of paradigm: from noradrenergic to dopaminergic modulation of learning? J Neurol Sci. 2006 Oct 25;248(1-2):42-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2006.05.012. Epub 2006 Jul 11.
• Background Korsukewitz C, Breitenstein C, Schomacher M, Knecht S. [Present status and future possibilities of adjuvant pharmacotherapy for aphasia]. Nervenarzt. 2006 Apr;77(4):403-15. doi: 10.1007/s00115-005-2006-6. German.
• Results Breitenstein C, Korsukewitz C, Floel A, Kretzschmar T, Diederich K, Knecht S. Tonic dopaminergic stimulation impairs associative learning in healthy subjects. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2006 Nov;31(11):2552-64. doi: 10.1038/sj.npp.1301167. Epub 2006 Jul 26.

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.