§ Mr. BoyesTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list the projects on motor neurone disease funded by his Department.
Mr. Jackson[holding answer 14 July]: The Medical Research Council, which receives a grant in aid from this Department, is currently supporting the following projects on motor neurone disease:
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Investigator Department Project title Dr. C. R. Slater Neurology, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne Structure and function of motor innervation in mice with an inherited disease of the motor neurones Dr. P. J. Harrison Physiology, University College and Middlesex School of Medicine, London The segmental and functional connectivity of group 1B muscle afferents Dr. F. S. Walsh Neurochemistry, Institute of Neurology, London Molecular recognition events in nerve-muscle co-cultures Prof. M. F. Scanlon College of Medicine, University of Wales, Cardiff Investigation of the serum factor(s) in motor neurone disease which increase TRH production by rat brain stem cells Dr. K. R. Mills Clinical Neurology, University of Oxford Mechanisms of muscle weakness in central nervous system disease: a study using magnetic brain stimulation Prof. T. A. Sears Sobell Department of Neurophysiology, Institute of Neurology, London Tropic regulation of protein synthesis in motorneurones Dr. R. Navarrette Anatomy and Developmental Biology, University College, London The role of nerve-muscle interaction in motorneurone functional development Prof. G. Vrobova Anatomy and Embryology, University College, London Restoration of muscle function by regenerated embryonic motorneurones The Medical Research Council also supports a range of basic research which may be of relevance to motor neurone disease. In addition, university departments and medical schools support research from block grants from the Universities Funding Council, some of which may also be of relevance.