Primary Recipient

TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK

Amount

$333,278.00

Award Date

7/31/2009

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

Kv1 family voltage-dependent potassium channels are highly expressed in heart and important for repolarization of a cardiac action potential. In humans, loss-of-function mutations of Kv1 channels are directly linked to atrial fibrillation. Kv1 channels ar