Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM

Amount

$805,521.00

Award Date

8/04/2009

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

Many acid-base transporters contribute to intracellular and extracellular pH regulation in brain. Electrogenic Na/Bicarbonate Cotransporters (NBCs) are particularly important because they alter pH in response to neuronal activity. While the physiologic si