NMJ Function

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  Assessing Neuromuscular Junction Structure and Function

• IRAS ID

  262475

• Contact name

  Roger Whittaker

• Contact email

  Roger.Whittaker@newcastle.ac.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

• Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier

  N/A, N/A

• Duration of Study in the UK

  1 years, 0 months, 1 days

• Research summary

  This study aims to investigate the Nuromuscular junction (NMJ) in detail in control participants (i.e. participants without motor neuropathies or disorders known to affect the NMJ).

  NMJs obtained from muscle biopsies collected during routine elbow or shoulder surgery will be analysed via a combination of high resolution microscopy and electrophysiology tests within the Applied NMJ Research Facility at Newcastle University.

• REC name

  North East - York Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  19/NE/0171

• Date of REC Opinion

  14 May 2019

• REC opinion

  Favourable Opinion