Primary Recipient

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

Amount

$1,011,810.00

Award Date

9/29/2009

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

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Abstract: The mechanisms of action of alcohol (ethanol) and nicotine on the nervous system have been studied extensively. However, it was not until a few years ago that microglia were recognized as an important site of