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