The project is targeting cognitive impairment, one of the main health problems of patients with RAS pathway disorders. The aim of this study is to translate findings of animal studies to humans. This has been done by the applicants successfully for Lovastatin in Nf1. This result will be transferred to patients with Noonan Syndrome. lamotrigine is most likely a more effective and promising substance improving synaptic plasticity and consecutive cognitive function. It is expected that both substances are improving synaptic plasticity as well as alertness and changes in alertness may be a precondition for improvement of cognition.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Enrollment
16
oral application prior to transcranial magnetic stimulation intervention
oral application prior to transcranial magnetic stimulation intervention
Technical University Munich
Munich, Germany
Long-term potentiation (LTP)-like plasticity measured with transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)
Changes in peak-to-peak amplitudes of motor evoked potentials (MEP)
Time frame: 12 months
Difference between the neuropsychological testing of attention (Test of attentional performance) after placebo and after medication (LTG and LOV)
Response time (seconds) for alertness, visual scanning, Go/no Go, Incompatibility
Time frame: 12 months
Differences in short interval cortical inhibition (SICI) after placebo and after medication (LTG and LOV)
Changes in SICI
Time frame: 12 months
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