120 people aged 55 to 75 with no neurological disease are expected within the Clinical Investigation Center (CIC) of Lille University Hospital, to participate in the PACTE-1 study. This study, which will last for 2 years, should allow researchers to determine whether regular intellectual training can become a means of treatment and prevention of cognitive disorders.
Work on brain plasticity
With advancing age, intellectual capacities tend to be less efficient. This phenomenon can sometimes represent a risk of progression to more severe disorders for which there is no treatment to date. This is why we want to develop a new strategy which would increase brain plasticity and intellectual capacities in a more important and prolonged way “ underlines Professor David Devos, neurologist, researcher at Inserm and coordinator of the study.
How is it going to happen ?
Volunteers will go through an attention training program twice a week for 6 weeks. Taking a drug that stimulates brain plasticity will also potentially be requested. “It’s about methylphenidate, a drug recommended for more than 20 years in hyperactive children with attention deficit disorder. It is, in this study, used at a much lower dose “ emphasize the researchers.
Financial compensation in the amount of € 400 will be offered to volunteers participating in the study.
Interested parties should send an email to the following address: ciclille@chru-lille.fr
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