Open Clinical Trials

Research protocols currently enrolling subjects at the University of Minnesota's Movement Disorders Program are listed below. Please note that each of these studies has been approved by the University of Minnesota's Institutional Review Board. If you would be interested in additional information, please click here

1. Characterization of Compulsive Behavior in Parkinson's Disease--a Self-report Questionnaire

2. Functional MRI Correlates of Behavior in Parkinson's Disease

3. Efficacy and Outcome of STN Deep Brain Stimulation for the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease

4. Movement Disorders Database Registry

5. Factors Influencing the Adoption of DBS Technology by Neurologists for the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease

6. Local Field Potential Recordings from DBS Electrodes and Optimizing DBS Programming Parameters

7. Weight Changes Following STN Deep Brain Stimulation for the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease: Factors Influencing the Development of Obesity

8. Effects of Co-Enzyme Q10 in Parkinson's Disease

9. Perception and Visuomotor Control in Patients with Cerebellar and Striatal Lesions: A Parkinson's Disease Movement Study

10. Perception of Limb Motion in Basal Ganglia and Cerebellar Disease

11. A Novel MRI Method for Neuronal Loss and Iron Quantification in Parkinson's Disease

12. Noninvasive Quantification of Biochemical Changes in the Human Substantia Nigra in Parkinson's Disease Using MRI: A Window into Pathogenesis

13. The Indiana University Parkinson Study Group Collaborative Parkinson Sibling Study