Primary Recipient

CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY

Amount

$388,475.00

Award Date

6/02/2009

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

The senses of hearing and balance depend upon hair cells, the sensory receptors of the inner ear. Hair cells transduce mechanical stimuli into electrical activity. Loss of hair cells or damage to the transduction apparatus, the stereocilium bundle on the