Recruiting

Olfactory Amygdala

Sponsor:

Northwestern University

Code:

NCT04699799

Conditions

Human Olfactory Amygdala

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Present odors to participants while recording brain activity

Study Details

Brief summary:

We aim to better understand the subregions of the human amygdala that receive direct projections from the olfactory bulb

Conditions

Human Olfactory Amygdala

Study ID

NCT04699799

Start date

Jan 1, 2022

Status verified date

May, 2026

Completion date

Apr 1, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Apr 1, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • older than 18 years of age

Exclusion Criteria:

\-

Study Design

Enrollment

100 participants

Anticipated

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Basic Science

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: record brain activity while smelling odors

Record brain activity while smelling odors

Interventions

Present odors to participants while recording brain activity

Present odors to participants while recording brain activity

Primary outcome measure

  • Strength of olfactory input to amygdala subregions [ Time Frame: 4 years ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Christina Zelano, PhD

312-503-4437c-zelano@northwestern.edu

Gregory Lane

312-503-4437lane@northwestern.edu

Locations

Northwestern human olfaction lab

Recruiting

Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611

Contacts

Research Study Assistant

3125034437

More Information

Sponsor

Northwestern University

Last update posted

May 12, 2026

Last verified

May, 2026

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Northwestern University on 2026-05-12.