Primary Recipient

YALE UNIVERSITY

Amount

$163,896.00

Award Date

5/14/2009

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 neurotransmitter serotonin plays an important role in the development of depression. Serotonin is one of the brain's natural chemicals. Serotonin binds to serotonin receptors (binding sites) type 1B on brain cells to regulate emotion, anxiety, sleep,