Case Western Reserve University Associate Professor Michael Decker, PhD, is seeking healthy, non-smoking adults, 18–55 years of age to participate in a study to determine how oxygen delivered at a steady concentration or at a variable concentration may change how a person’s brain processes information.
Study participation will last approximately seven days and involves four visits to Case Western Reserve’s main campus.
- Baseline data collection and a blood sample will be collected at the first, 30-minute study visit.
- Participants will be given a sleep/activity tracking device (Fitbit watch) to wear for approximately seven days and nights while completing questionnaires on sleep, activity, diet and fatigue levels.
- Participants will breathe oxygen via a face mask for two hours during each of the next three visits—scheduled three days within a seven- to 10-day period, while brain activity is measured using electroencephalography (EEG).
- After two of the oxygen exposure sessions, a blood sample will be collected.
Participants will be compensated. People who take daily medications for asthma, those with heart disease, lung disease or neurological diseases, or who are currently pregnant or attempting pregnancy, are not eligible. Contact Elizabeth Damato at 216.368.5634 or egd@case.edu for more information.