Primary Recipient

TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER

Amount

$395,331.00

Award Date

9/16/2009

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

One of the primary causes of birth defect in the United States is maternal alcohol consumption. This may be due to the ability of alcohol to increase the normal apoptotic death of neurons in the developing brain. The research in this proposal will address