This research study will use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and olfactory stimuli to better understand the connection between sleep deprivation, brain activity, and olfaction in humans.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
46
Fully slept: Sleep habitual amount (i.e., go to sleep at habitual bedtime and wake up at habitual wake time) Sleep deprived: Reduce sleep by 50% (i.e., go to sleep at habitual bedtime and wake up early)
Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Behavior an olfactory perceptual decision-making task
Food-like perceptual responses to binary food-nonfood odor mixtures
Time frame: Up to 24 hours after the intervention
Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging
Resting-state activity determined by functional magnetic resonance imaging
Time frame: Up to 24 hours after the intervention
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