Regenerating the Adult Human Brain Through Exercise

Who is this study for? Patients with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
What treatments are being studied? Aerobic Exercise
Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Other
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Phase 1
SUMMARY

Nearly 100 million Americans are affected by neurological disorders with an overall cost above $765 billion for the more prevalent conditions. Given this significant burden, effective treatments to prevent dementia and new disease modifying therapies are urgently needed. Regeneration of lost neurons with new ones (i.e., neurogenesis) is compromised at early stages of dementia and in part correlates with cognitive impairment in Alzheimer's disease. Boosting the neurogenesis delays the cognitive impairment in animal models of dementia and has been proven beneficial in improving the memory in rodent studies. Aerobic exercise is the most potent known stimulator of neurogenesis in animal models. A crucial next step is to translate endogenous regenerative strategies to people. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the feasibility and investigate the effects of an exercise program on neurogenesis and cognitive improvement in epilepsy patients.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Maximum Age: 65
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• Age of 18 years or older

• Medically resistant mesial temporal lobe epilepsy

• Candidacy for standard or selective temporal lobectomy

Locations
United States
California
University of Southern California Department of Neurosurgery
RECRUITING
Los Angeles
Contact Information
Primary
Jonathan J Russin, MD
Jonathan.Russin@med.usc.edu
800-872-2273
Time Frame
Start Date: 2022-08-20
Estimated Completion Date: 2024-08-31
Participants
Target number of participants: 10
Treatments
Experimental: High-impact Exercise
Active_comparator: Low-impact Exercise
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: University of Southern California

This content was sourced from clinicaltrials.gov