Right Lateralized Posterior Cerebellar tDCS in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Summary
The purpose of this research study is to investigate the effects of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on some of the challenges faced by children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
Description
The study will be randomized, double-blind, within subject crossover design. It will involve a group of 30-40 children and young adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). We may recruit up to 60 subjects. Diagnosis of ASD will be confirmed with the Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R) or Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule-2 (ADOS-2) by a research-reliable clinician. Each participant will undergo a sham condition and a transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) condition, the order of sham and tDCS conditions will be randomly assigned to each participant during baseline testing…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 5–21 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: * Ages 5 to 21, male and female, with known autism spectrum disorder as diagnosed by a clinician Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnancy * Brain implants * Pacemakers * Any biomedical or metal implants in any part of body * Hearing or visual impairment * History of brain injury * Known brain or skull abnormality other than those that may be associated with ASD
Interventions
- Devicetrans cranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)
Three weeks of 20-minute tDCS stimulation
- DeviceSham
Three weeks of sham stimulation
Location
- UT Southwestern Medical CenterDalls, Texas