Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.

Amount

$746,500.00

Award Date

8/14/2009

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

Elderly patients who suffer traumatic brain injury (TBI) have increased mortality and survivors have a poorer prognosis than young or middle aged adults who suffer comparable injuries. We have demonstrated that the aging brain is in a hyperinflammatory st