Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON

Amount

$675,290.00

Award Date

7/16/2009

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

Serotonin is a neurotransmitter in the brain that plays an important role in complex behaviors including addiction. We have previously shown that 5 HT1B receptors alter the function of brain reward mechanisms that play a central role in addiction; these