Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM

Amount

$14,644.00

Award Date

7/21/2009

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

5R01NS040593-09; P.I. Lucas Pozzo-Miller, PhD; This grant is focused on the immediate actions of the neurotrophin BDNF on membrane currents and intracellular Ca2+ levels in hippocampal neurons. BDNF has recently emerged as a potent modulator of activity