§ Mr. David Priceasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list in the Official Report each Research project supported by the Medical Research Council into the treatment and alleviation of spinal injuries, indicating the scale and duration of each project.
§ Mr. MacfarlaneThe information requested by my hon. Friend is as follows:
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Location Project title Department of Veterinary Physiology, University, Edinburgh. Electrophysiology, Ultrastructure and Quantitative morphology of identified axons and neurones in spinal cord. Current Annual Value: £144,404 plus Equipment £110,469. Tenure: 1979–84. Department of Physiology, University, Birmingham. Human and simian stretch reflexes, their variability and their abnormalities. Current Annual Value: £15,856 plus Equipment £52,012. Tenure: 1979–84. Department of Anatomy, University College London, London. Mechanisms involved in the development of different types of motor units. Current Annual Value: £8,632 plus Equipment £4,750. Tenure: 1978–81. Department of Physiology, University, Birmingham Current Annual Value: £8,131 plus Equipment £1,368. A search for neuro-transmitter peptides in primary afferents to the spinal cord. Tenure: 1978–81. Assoc. Unit of Neurological Sciences, Walton Hospital, Liverpool. Electrical activity of human spinal cord. Current Annual Value: £5,828 plus Equipment £26,673. Tenure: 1979–82. Department of Physiology, University, Birmingham. The functional role of bulbospinal 5-HT neurones in the regulation of sympathetic activity. Current Annual Value: £2,571 plus Equipment £6,700. Tenure: 1979–80. Department of Physiology, University, Edinburgh. Electrophysiological studies on the organisation of viscero-somatic convergence in the spinal cord. Current Annual Value: £2,000 plus Equipment £10,000. Tenure: 1979–82. Department of Physiology, Royal Veterinary College, London. Interactions in the spinal cord of nociceptive with other sensory inputs, and the neurotransmitters involved. Current Annual Value: £1,250 plus Equipment £25,269. Tenure: 1979–82.