MRI study of brain oxygen use in children and adults
Treatments studied
Part of Blood & lymphatic, Brain & nervous system, Genetic & congenital, Heart & circulation clinical trials.
This study uses an MRI scan to measure how your brain uses oxygen. It includes healthy participants and people with sickle cell disease or who previously needed ECMO, which may help researchers understand brain oxygen problems and how to monitor them.
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Who can take part
- You are age 3 to 50
- You can do the MRI scan without sedation (no sleep medicine)
- You are not currently pregnant
- You do not take vasodilating medicines (like sildenafil or verapamil)
- If you are a healthy control: no history of epilepsy, stroke, or cerebrovascular disease
- If you are a healthy control: no severe psychiatric diagnosis (based on the study lead’s judgment)
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