Grant: TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
Primary Recipient
TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
Amount
$891,169.00
Award Date
7/20/2009
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
Our overall aim is to determine the molecular mechanisms of _-amyloid (A_)-induced synaptic loss and neuronal death. Deposition of insoluble A_, together with tangle formation, loss of synapses and neurons, are hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease. More recen