Primary Recipient

WEILL MEDICAL COLLEGE OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY

Amount

$1,656,764.00

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

We propose to develop a novel PET biomarker, [1-11C]Arachidonic Acid (AA) for the regional estimation of brain inflammation. Inflammation a well known feature of Alzheimer's disease (AD), is associated with amyloid plaques, neurofibrillary pathology, and

Recipients Connected to Award

Recipient	Role	Amount
WEILL MEDICAL COLLEGE OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY	Primary recipient	$1,011,860.00
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY (INC)	Sub-recipient	$644,904.00