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This web page makes it easy to search for featured research studies at the NIH Clinical Center. You can search for specific studies by entering keywords related to your symptoms in the search box or by using the sort and filter options.


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Oral Bacteria and Immune System Problems Involved in Gum Disease (Periodontitis)

Oral Bacteria and Immune System Problems Involved in Gum Disease (Periodontitis)

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center seek adults with or without gum disease (periodontal disease) to join a research study. Doctors want to learn how a person's immune system affects the health of the mouth. Compensation will be offered.
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Energy Expenditure Responses to Different Temperatures

Energy Expenditure Responses to Different Temperatures

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center seek healthy women to participate in a research study. Doctors want to learn how the body burns energy at different temperatures. Compensation is provided.
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Cerebral Palsy and the Study of Brain Activity During Motor Tasks

Cerebral Palsy and the Study of Brain Activity During Motor Tasks

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) seek participants age five and older with childhood-onset brain injury (e.g.,cerebral palsy) to join a research study. Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) and/or electroencephalography (EEG) may be used to study brain activity. Learning how the brain controls muscles may help design treatments to help patients with brain injury to move better.

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Tooth and Tissue Sample Collection During Wisdom Teeth Removal

Tooth and Tissue Sample Collection During Wisdom Teeth Removal

The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research at the NIH Clinical Center is looking for volunteers who need to have their wisdom teeth removed. Researchers will evaluate people who need to have their wisdom teeth removed. The removed wisdom teeth will be studied and used for further research.

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Studies of the Natural History, Pathogenesis, and Outcome of Idiopathic Systemic Vasculitis

Studies of the Natural History, Pathogenesis, and Outcome of Idiopathic Systemic Vasculitis

The National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland is conducting a study for vasculitis. Researchers are inviting both volunteers who have the condition, and those who do not, to participate in this study. All study-related tests and procedures are provided at no cost to you.

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Epi-Genetic Modulators of Fear Extinction in Alcohol Dependence

Epi-Genetic Modulators of Fear Extinction in Alcohol Dependence

Doctors at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) seek healthy volunteers 21 - 65 years of age to participate in a study researching if alcohol dependence and early life stress affect the ability to learn to feel calm. All study-related tests and procedures are provided at no cost to the study participant. Compensation may be provided.
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Development Of Neuroimaging Methods To Assess The Neurobiology Of Addiction

Development Of Neuroimaging Methods To Assess The Neurobiology Of Addiction

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health seek healthy volunteers to participate in a research study. The purpose of this study is to test newly developed functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) scanning sequences that can be used in future protocols.
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