Primary Recipient

RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA

Amount

$181,674.00

Award Date

7/17/2009

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

Glutamate transporters (EAATs) play an important role in the regulation of extracellular levels of glutamate, a major excitatory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system. Current data show that glutamate transporter type 3 (EAAT3) in the hippocampus