Primary Recipient

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY (THE)

Amount

$422,125.00

Award Date

5/15/2009

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

Excessive activation of ionotropic glutamate receptors increases oxidative stress, which contributes to the neurodegeneration observed following neurological insults such as ischemia and seizures, as well as contributes to neuronal death in neurodegenerat