Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER OF SAN ANTONIO

Amount

$371,042.00

Award Date

4/28/2009

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

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) plays a fundamental role in determining the plasticity and functional architecture of neurons in the adult brain. A frequent, non-conservative polymorphism in the human BDNF gene has been recently identified, which