Developing and testing a new home-based machine to measure motor neuron function.
PhD Student: Judtih Bilgorai
Principal Investigator: Dr James Bashford
Lead Institution: King's College London
MND Association Funding: £120,151*
Funding dates: October 2021 - March 2025
* Supported by The Heaton Ellis Trust
About the project
This PhD studentship aims to develop and test a new and convenient way to regularly monitor patient neurodegeneration over long time-frames. The method will use non-invasive surface muscle recordings which will be used to analyse key features of neuromuscular activity and the number of functional neurons at a given time. For the first time, these assessments will be able to be made in patients’ homes which will allow patients to be tested more frequently. This method not only will bring about a greater understanding of how neurons change over time but could provide researchers with a validated way of tracking improvements to new drugs in clinical trials.
What could this mean for MND research?
Through this work, the researchers hope to deliver a powerful and inexpensive tool that will improve monitoring of MND, aid in diagnosis and provide a powerful new tool for clinical trials.
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Project code: 901-792